Learning to perceive object unity: A connectionist account

Developmental Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 151-172

  Mareschal, Denis ^a   Johnson, Scott P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 0036000454     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7687.t01-1-00217     Document Type: Review

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