Neural Network Modeling of Developmental Effects in Discrimination Shifts

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-274

  Sirois, Sylvain ^a   Shultz, Thomas R ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; LEARNING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); OVERLEARNING;

EID: 0032252060     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1998.2474     Document Type: Article

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