We Do, Therefore We Think: Time, Motility, and Consciousness
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We do, therefore we think: time, motility, and consciousness.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Reviews in the Neurosciences
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2191-0200,0334-1763
DOI: 10.1515/revneuro.2010.21.5.331