Objects of consciousness

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Hoffman, Donald D ^a   Prakash, Chetan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Combination problem; Consciousness; Geometric algebra; Markov chains; Quantum theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904556445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00577     Document Type: Article

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