Normal and Abnormal States of Consciousness

The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 99-113

  Hobson, J Allan ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal states; Components; Conscious state; Neurophysiology; Perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952877636     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470751466.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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