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The Wake–Sleep ‘Phase Transition’ at the Gate to Consciousness

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We study whether the transition from wakefulness to light sleep is a synergetic phase transition in the brain.

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I am grateful to the late V. Henn for a long collaboration in neurology and to C. Koch for many interesting discussions.

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Hepp, K. The Wake–Sleep ‘Phase Transition’ at the Gate to Consciousness. J Stat Phys 172, 562–568 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-018-1997-x

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