Computational studies of the development of functionally specialized neural modules

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-38

  Jacobs, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HYPOTHESIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE GROWTH; REVIEW; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TEMPORAL SUMMATION;

EID: 0032900160     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(98)01260-1     Document Type: Review

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