Consciousness related neural events viewed as brain state space transitions

Cognitive Neurodynamics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-95

  Werner, Gerhard ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Consciousness; Emergence; Networks; Neural oscillations; Reductionism; State space

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; OSCILLATION; PHASE TRANSITION; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPACE;

EID: 61349192201     PISSN: 18714080     EISSN: 18714099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11571-008-9040-6     Document Type: Review

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