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Production of Threshold Levels of Conscious Sensation by Electrical Stimulation of Human Somatosensory Cortex

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THE PRESENT WORK is part of a more general investigation into neuro-physiological activities of the cerebral cortex which may be involved in the elaboration or mediation of conscious sensation. The primary concern in these studies is the dynamics of the processes involved, rather than their topographical representation.

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  • Motor Cortex
  • Pulse Frequency
  • Somatosensory Cortex
  • Parametric Region
  • Threshold Response

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This study was supported successively by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Contract AF 18(603)-48, Office of Naval Research Contract Nonr-2968(01), and Public Health Service Grant NB-01963; and by the Harry Freund Memorial Foundation.

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    B. Libet, W. W. Alberts, E. W. Wright Jr., L. D. Delattre, G. Levin & B. Feinstein

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Libet, B., Alberts, W.W., Wright, E.W., Delattre, L.D., Levin, G., Feinstein, B. (1993). Production of Threshold Levels of Conscious Sensation by Electrical Stimulation of Human Somatosensory Cortex. In: Neurophysiology of Consciousness. Contemporary Neuroscientists. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0355-1_1

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