Toward a computational theory of conscious processing

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 25, Issue , 2014, Pages 76-84

  Dehaene, Stanislas ^a,b,c,d   Charles, Lucie ^b,c,d   King, Jean Rémi ^b,c,d   Marti, Sébastien ^b,c,d  

^a Collège de France ^*  (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c NeuroSpin   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSCIOUS PROCESSING; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; BRAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NERVE NET;

EID: 84891288709     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2013.12.005     Document Type: Review

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