Concepts of visual consciousness and their measurement

Advances in Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 349-359

  Wiens, Stefan ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Awareness; Blindsight; Consciousness; Objective; Phenomenology; Subjective

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249100419     PISSN: 18951171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10053-008-0035-y     Document Type: Article

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