From brain states to mental phenomena via phase space transitions and renormalization group transformation: Proposal of a theory

Cognitive Neurodynamics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-202

  Werner, Gerhard ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MENTAL FUNCTION; NERVE CELL;

EID: 84860841602     PISSN: 18714080     EISSN: 18714099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11571-011-9187-4     Document Type: Article

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