Open and closed loops: A computational approach to attention and consciousness

Advances in Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Trapp, Sabrina ^a   Schroll, Henning ^b,c   Hamker, Fred H ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Closed loops; Computational model; Consciousness; Interdependence; Open loops

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855967398     PISSN: 18951171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10053-008-0096-y     Document Type: Review

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