Systematic minds, unsystematic models: Learning transfer in humans and networks

Minds and Machines

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 383-398

  Phillips, Steven ^a  

^a ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

KLEIN GROUP; LEARNING TRANSFER;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032633092     PISSN: 09246495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008308002377     Document Type: Article

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