Computational modeling in developmental psychology

IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-150

  Mareschal, Denis ^a   Thomas, Michael S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Cognitive modeling; Connectionism; Developmental psychology; Infancy

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; CONNECTIONISM; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY;

PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

EID: 34047258718     PISSN: 1089778X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEVC.2006.890232     Document Type: Article

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