Computational models of association cortex

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 250-259

  Gisiger, Thomas ^a   Dehaene, Stanislas ^b   Changeux, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONSCIOUSNESS; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISION;

EID: 0034112563     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(00)00075-1     Document Type: Review

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