The global workspace (GW) theory of consciousness and epilepsy

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-74

  Bartolomei, Fabrice ^a,b,c   Naccache, Lionel ^a,d,e  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^e PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Consciousness; global workspace; synchrony; temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; EPILEPSY; GLOBAL WORKSPACE THEORY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 79953250880     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: 18758584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/127864     Document Type: Article

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