Evolutionary radiation and the spectrum of consciousness

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 160-167

  Wallace, Robert G ^a   Wallace, Rodrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Consciousness; Evolution; Extinction; Global workspace; Information theory; Phase transition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RECOGNITION; REINFORCEMENT; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AFFECT; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION THEORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 62749200766     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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