Decoding the neural correlates of consciousness

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 649-655

  Weil, Rimona S ^a,b   Rees, Geraint ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

consciousness; decoding; fMRI; multivariate pattern analysis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEMORY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE PATTERN ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED;

EID: 78649629453     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32834028c7     Document Type: Review

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