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  • M. T. Alkire & Jeff G. Miller (2006). General Anesthesia and the Neural Correlates of Consciousness. In Steven Laureys (ed.), Boundaries of Consciousness. Elsevier.
    Consciousness and Anesthesia in Philosophy of Cognitive Science
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