Why the brain needs language in order to be self-conscious

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-48

  Neuman, Yair ^a   Nave, Ophir ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dynamical systems; Inner speech; Interdisciplinary research; Natural language; Phase space trajectory reconstruction; Self consciousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350501321     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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