A computational model of frontal lobe dysfunction: Working memory and the Tower of Hanoi task

Cognitive Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 287-313

  Goela, Vinod ^a,b   Pullara, S David ^c   Grafman, Jordan ^d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

3CAPS; Computational model; Executive functions; Frontal lobes; Planning; Problem solving; Production systems; Short term memory; Tower of Hanoi; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035740642     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0364-0213(01)00037-4     Document Type: Article

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