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My double unveiled : the dissipative quantum model of brain /

This introduction to the dissipative quantum model of brain and to its possible implications for consciousness studies is addressed to a broad interdisciplinary audience. Memory and consciousness are approached from the physicist point of view focusing on the basic observation that the brain is an o...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Vitiello, Giuseppe
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2001.
Series:Advances in consciousness research ; v. 32.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This introduction to the dissipative quantum model of brain and to its possible implications for consciousness studies is addressed to a broad interdisciplinary audience. Memory and consciousness are approached from the physicist point of view focusing on the basic observation that the brain is an open system continuously interacting with its environment. The unavoidable dissipative character of the brain functioning turns out to be the root of the brain's large memory capacity and of other memory features such as memory association, memory confusion, duration of memory. The openness of th.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 161 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-158) and index.
ISBN:1588110761
9781588110763
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9789027251527
9789027298386
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