From apples and oranges to symbolic dynamics: A framework for conciliating notions of cognitive representation

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 317-342

  Dale, Rick ^a   Spivey, Michael J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dynamical systems; Representation; Symbolic dynamics

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS;

COGNITIVE SCIENCE; DYNAMICAL STATES; REPRESENTATION; SYMBOLIC DYNAMICS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 29144480189     PISSN: 0952813X     EISSN: 13623079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09528130500283766     Document Type: Review

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