Consciousness, plasticity, and connectomics: The role of intersubjectivity in human cognition

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue FEB, 2011, Pages

  Allen, Micah ^a   Williams, Gary ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Consciousness; Culture; Development; Intersubjectivity; Phenomenology; Plasticity; Resting state networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862136218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00020     Document Type: Article

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