Parallel distributed processing and executive functioning: Tower of Hanoi neural networkmodel in healthy controls and left frontal lobe patients

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 217-240

  Parks, Randolph W ^a,c   Cardoso, John ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

back propagation; executive functioning; frontal lobe; neural networks; neuropsychology; Parallel distributed processing; Tower of Hanoi

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031080517     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207459708988476     Document Type: Article

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