Interpreting neurodynamics: Concepts and facts

Cognitive Neurodynamics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 297-318

  Atmanspacher, Harald ^a   Rotter, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Causation; Determinism; Emergence; Mind brain correlations; Neurodynamics; Ontic and epistemic descriptions; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CELL ACTIVITY; MENTAL HEALTH; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

EID: 56749156432     PISSN: 18714080     EISSN: 18714099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11571-008-9067-8     Document Type: Review

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