Computational analyses in cognitive neuroscience: In defense of biological implausibility

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-182

  Dror, Itiel E ^a   Gallogly, Donald P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COGNITION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIOLOGY; COGNITION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROSCIENCES;

EID: 0033139146     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03212325     Document Type: Article

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