Minimal neuroanatomy for a conscious brain: Homing in on the networks constituting consciousness

Neural Networks

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-15

  Morsella, Ezequiel ^a,b   Krieger, Stephen C ^c   Bargh, John A ^d  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Consciousness; Mind body problem; Neural correlate of consciousness (NCC); Olfactory system; Sentience; Subjective experience

Indexed keywords

MIND-BODY PROBLEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURAL CORRELATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS; OLFACTORY SYSTEMS;

BRAIN; NEURAL NETWORKS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

MEDICINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY EVALUATION; THALAMUS;

BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMY;

EID: 70649092089     PISSN: 08936080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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