The neurodynamic core of consciousness and neural darwinism;El núcleo neurodinámico de la consciencia y el darwinismo neuronal

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 547-555

  Ibáñez, Agustín ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain dynamics; Consciousness; Large scale neural synchrony; Metastability; Neural darwinism; Qualia

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; REVIEW; THEORY;

EID: 37349096311     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.4509.2006290     Document Type: Review

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