Dynamic geometry, brain function modeling, and consciousness

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 168, Issue , 2007, Pages 133-144

  Roy, Sisir ^a   Llinás, Rodolfo ^b  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

central nervous system; consciousness; dream state; dynamic geometry; tensor network

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONSCIOUSNESS; DREAMING; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; OSCILLATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REM SLEEP; REVIEW;

BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 37349063355     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(07)68011-X     Document Type: Review

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