Imaging neural signatures of consciousness: 'What', 'When', 'Where' and 'How' does it work?

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 150, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 91-106

  Sergent, C ^a   Naccache, L ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e INSTITUT DU CERVEAU ET DE LA MOELLE ÉPINIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Downstream processes; Electroencephalography; fMRI; Global neuronal workspace; Neural correlates versus neural signature of consciousness; Upstream processes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84872417662     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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