Consciousness: An overview of the phenomenon and of its possible neural basis

The Neurology of Consciousness

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-14

  Damasio, Antonio ^a   Meyer, Kaspar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84882495406     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374168-4.00001-0     Document Type: Chapter

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