The Ascending Reticular Activating System: The common root of consciousness and attention

Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies

Volumn 26, Issue , 2014, Pages 333-344

  Maldonato, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alertness; Ascending reticular activating system; Attention; Consciousness; High oscillatory frequency

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ATTENTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; OSCILLATORY FREQUENCY; RETICULAR ACTIVATING SYSTEM;

NEURAL NETWORKS; SIGNALING;

BRAIN;

EID: 84897840976     PISSN: 21903018     EISSN: 21903026     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-04129-2_33     Document Type: Conference Paper

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