Closing in on the constitution of consciousness

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Miller, Steven M ^a,b  

^a Australia   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Binocular rivalry; Consciousness; Constitution; Foundations; Mechanistic explanation; Neural correlates; Philosophy of mind; Philosophy of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923377411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01293     Document Type: Article

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