From single neuron-firing to consciousness-Towards the true solution of the binding problem

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 993-1001

  Velik, Rosemarie ^a,b  

^a TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Binding problem; Combination coding; Focus of attention; Knowledge; Perception; Population coding; Temporal coding

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS;

EID: 77952959660     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2009.11.014     Document Type: Review

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