The dynamic neural field approach to cognitive robotics

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Erlhagen, Wolfram ^a   Bicho, Estela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC NEURAL FIELDS; JOINT ACTION TASKS; NEURONAL CIRCUITRY; PRIMATE BRAIN; PROCESSING PRINCIPLES;

BRAIN; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DECISION MAKING; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ROBOTICS;

BRAIN; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMORY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOMIMETICS; BRAIN; COGNITION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; ROBOTICS;

PRIMATES;

EID: 33747617116     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/3/3/R02     Document Type: Review

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