Validating and calibrating first- and second-person methods in the science of consciousness

Journal of Consciousness Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 38-64

  Froese, T ^a   Gould, C ^b   Seth, A K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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