A critical assessment of the consciousness by synchrony hypothesis

Biological Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 517-519

  Canales, Andrés F ^a   Gómez, David M ^b   Maffet, Claudio R ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD VIÑA DEL MAR   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 44449162616     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-97602007000500012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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