Thought translation, tennis and turing tests in the vegetative state

Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 361-370

  Stins, John F ^a   Laureys, Steven ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Other minds; Turing test; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350035847     PISSN: 15687759     EISSN: 15728676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11097-009-9124-8     Document Type: Article

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