Scientific Models, Connectionist Networks, and Cognitive Science

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-117

  Green, Christopher D ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cognition; computation; connectionism; explanation; models; theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 24044550349     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354301111008     Document Type: Article

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