A defence of functional modularity

Connection Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 95-116

  Hadley, Robert F ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognition; Connectionism; Modularity; Neural modules

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MODULARITY;

BRAIN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SYNTACTICS; VECTORS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0242551567     PISSN: 09540091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540090310001597566     Document Type: Article

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