Evolving agents as a metaphor for the developing child

Developmental Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 158-164

  Schlesinger, Matthew ^a,b  

^a S Illinois University at Carbondale   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LITERATURE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; INFANT; METAPHOR; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS); STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 1842430903     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2004.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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