Converging intracranial markers of conscious access

PLoS Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 0472-0492

  Gaillard, Raphaël ^a,b,c   Dehaene, Stanislas ^a,d,e   Adam, Claude ^f   Clémenceau, Stéphane ^f   Hasboun, Dominique ^f,g   Baulac, Michel ^f,g   Cohen, Laurent ^a,f,g   Naccache, Lionel ^a,f,g  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d DIF   (France)

^e l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^f PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^g SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VISUAL MASKING; COGNITION; COMPUTER MODEL; ELECTRODE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SHORT SURVEY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65949107539     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000061     Document Type: Article

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