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How brains make chaos in order to make sense of the world
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Vitiello, Giuseppe & Walter J. Freeman. (2008). Dissipation, spontaneous breakdown of symmetry and brain dynamics.. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical. 41.7 indexed citations
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Freeman, Walter J.. (2008). Nonlinear Brain Dynamics and Intention According to Aquinas. 6(2).13 indexed citations
Núñez, Rafael & Walter J. Freeman. (1999). Reclaiming cognition : the primacy of action, intention and emotion.112 indexed citations
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Freeman, Walter J. & Rafael Núñez. (1999). Restoring to cognition the forgotten primacy of action, intention and emotion. 44(6). 37–42.27 indexed citations
Freeman, Walter J.. (1997). Nonlinear neurodynamics of intentionality. The Journal of mind and behavior. 18.13 indexed citations
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Freeman, Walter J., et al.. (1996). Societies of brains: Walter Freeman in conversation with Jean Burns. Journal of Consciousness Studies. 3(2).1 indexed citations
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Freeman, Walter J.. (1996). Brain dynamics in the genesis of trust as the basis for communication by representations. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 1327–1328.
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Freeman, Walter J., et al.. (1995). Dynamic Neural Network Derived from the Olfactory System with Examples of Applications. IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics Communications and Computer Sciences. 78(7). 869–884.12 indexed citations
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