The Information Integration Theory of Consciousness

The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 287-299

  Tononi, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Information; Integration; Neurobiological facts; Neuroscience; Photodiode

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949514007     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470751466.ch23     Document Type: Chapter

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