Is there an integrative center in the vertebrate brain-stem? A robotic evaluation of a model of the reticular formation viewed as an action selection device

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-113

  Humphries, Mark D ^a   Gurney, Kevin ^a   Prescott, Tony J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Sheffield ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Department's Adaptive Behavior Research Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action selection; Genetic algorithms; Reticular formation; Robot

Indexed keywords

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EID: 21344438868     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105971230501300203     Document Type: Article

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