Topics Neural dynamics and brain function (110 papers) Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (46 papers) Neural Networks and Applications (39 papers) Overview Impact Standout Papers Peers Geography Research Space Co-Authors Works Hit Papers How brains make chaos in order to make sense of the world 1975 2026 1992 2009 1987 1975 1987 1991 400 800 1.2k Peers Walter J. Freeman
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Cognitive Neuroscience 7.8k Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2.8k Artificial Intelligence 2.3k Sensory Systems 2.0k Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1.6k Charles M. Gray United States
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All Works Load more (20 of 198) # Work Indexed citations 1 2017 · Frontiers in Neural Circuits · Detlef Heck , Samuel S. McAfee , Yu Liu , Abbas Babajani‐Feremi , Roozbeh Rezaie , Walter J. Freeman , James W. Wheless , Andrew C. Papanicolaou , Miklós Ruszinkó , Yury Sokolov , Róbert Kozma 164 2 Consciousness Began with a Hunter's Plan
0 3 5 4 27 5 Dissipation, spontaneous breakdown of symmetry and brain dynamics.
7 6 Nonlinear Brain Dynamics and Intention According to Aquinas
13 7 13 8 12 9 85 10 Reclaiming cognition : the primacy of action, intention and emotion
112 11 Restoring to cognition the forgotten primacy of action, intention and emotion
27 12 157 13 Nonlinear neurodynamics of intentionality
13 14 Societies of brains: Walter Freeman in conversation with Jean Burns
1 15 Brain dynamics in the genesis of trust as the basis for communication by representations
0 16 Dynamic Neural Network Derived from the Olfactory System with Examples of Applications
1995 · IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics Communications and Computer Sciences · (unknown) , Walter J. Freeman 12 17 37 18 54 19 184 20 16
Load more (20 of 198) About Walter J. Freeman Walter J. Freeman is a scholar working on Sensory Systems , Cognitive Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience , having authored 198 papers that have together received 11.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neural dynamics and brain function (110 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (46 papers) and Neural Networks and Applications (39 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Sensory Systems (2.0k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (7.8k citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (2.8k citations). Walter J. Freeman has collaborated with scholars based in United States , China and Germany . Frequent co-authors include Christine A. Skarda , Gonzalo Viana Di Prisco , Walter Schneider , Steven L. Bressler , Frank H. Eeckman , Henning Scheich , Frank W. Ohl , Róbert Kozma , Leslie M. Kay and Bob W. van Dijk . Their work appears in journals such as Nature , Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología .
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