Consciousness as a decision to engage

Research and Perspectives in Neurosciences

Volumn 18, Issue , 2011, Pages 27-46

  Shadlen, Michael N ^a   Kiani, Roozbeh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AWARENESS; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DECISION MAKING; DELIRIUM; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTROSPECTION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTIVATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROMONITORING; NONHUMAN; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; TOXICITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84862181915     PISSN: 09456082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-18015-6_2     Document Type: Article

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