How to build a brain: From function to implementation

Synthese

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 373-388

  Eliasmith, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive architecture; Functional integration; Mental representation; Neural architecture; Neural networks; Neurophilosophy; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148991409     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-007-9235-0     Document Type: Article

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