Environment and behavior influence the complexity of evolved neural networks

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-20

  Seth, Anil K ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Edelman, Gerald M ^{a,e,g,h,i,j,k,l,m}  

^a NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e Comp Sci and Artif Intelligence ^*  (United States)

^f Neurosciences Institute   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Torrey Pines Mesa   (United States)

^j SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^m National Academy of Sciences   (France)

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Author keywords

Behavior; Environment; Graph theory; Information theory; Mechanism; Neural complexity

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242809128     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105971230401200103     Document Type: Article

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