Executive attention, task selection and attention-based learning in a neurally controlled simulated robot

Neurocomputing

Volumn 69, Issue 16-18, 2006, Pages 1923-1945

  Garforth, Jason ^a   McHale, Sue L ^b   Meehan, Anthony ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action selection; Adaptive learning; Attention; Autonomous robotics; Cognitive robotics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBOTICS;

ACTION SELECTION; ADAPTIVE LEARNING; AUTONOMOUS ROBOTICS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 33748421638     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2005.11.018     Document Type: Article

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