What's the difference? Contrasting modular and neural network approaches to understanding developmental variability

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 128-139

  Morton, J Bruce ^a   Munakata, Yuko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Individual differences; Modularity; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAINING;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER);

EID: 17844364424     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-200504000-00010     Document Type: Article

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