Comparisons of developmental modeling frameworks and levels of analysis in cognition: Connectionist and dynamic systems theories deserve attention, but don't yet explain attention

Developmental Science

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 440-447

  Cowan, Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 0041361689     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7687.00299     Document Type: Review

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