Brain science: On the way to solving the problem of consciousness

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-108

  Ivanitsky, Alexey M ^a   Ivanitsky, George A ^a   Sysoeva, Olga V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Consciousness and brain problem; EEG rhythms; Event related potentials; Semantic brain systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPISODIC MEMORY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE PROJECTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THINKING;

COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; NEUROLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; THINKING; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 67649791987     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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