Neuromodulation in a learning robot: Interactions between neural plasticity and behavior

Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 2789-2794

  Sporns, Olaf ^a   Alexander, William H ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PLASTICITY; ROBOTS; SIGNALING;

NEUROMODULATION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 0141480929     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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