Specialist and generalist strategies in sensory evolution

Artificial Life

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 211-214

  Cariani, Peter A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Evolutionary robotics; Neurocomputation; Sensory evolution; Specialization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; LEARNING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SENSATION;

EID: 0035294011     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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