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The brain, an orchestra without conductor

Wolf SINGER · CERN

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The brain is a highly distributed, self-organizing system that lacks central institutions for the coordination of cognitive and executive functions. This raises the question how the multiple parallel operations are bound together to give rise to coherent percepts, decisions and intentions. The hypothesis is proposed that time is used as coding space for the flexible definition of relations and the targeted routing of activity across highly interconnected networks..

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  1. The brain, an orchestra without conductor 2008-01-31 · 1 h 6 min · CERN's player

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Institution
CERN
Department
CERN Colloquium
Speaker
Wolf SINGER
Year
2008
Language
English
Subjects
Psychology and the brain
Source
CERN
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