From sensorimotor sequence to grammatical construction: Evidence from simulation and neurophysiology

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 347-361

  Dominey, Peter Ford ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES COGNITIVES   (France)

Author keywords

Language; Neural network; Sensorimotor sequence; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 29344465148     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: 17412633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105971230501300401     Document Type: Review

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