The Kantian brain: Brain dynamics from a neurophenomenological perspective

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2015, Pages 223-229

  Fazelpour, Sina ^a   Thompson, Evan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROPHENOMENOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BRAIN; HISTORY; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 84928892506     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.12.006     Document Type: Review

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