A Theory of Micro-Consciousness

The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 580-588

  Zeki, Semir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Micro consciousness; Perceptual sites; Stimulus; Visual brain; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867132090     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470751466.ch46     Document Type: Chapter

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