Consciousness as integrated information: A provisional manifesto

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 216-242

  Tononi, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGY;

EID: 58149089173     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25470707     Document Type: Review

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