On the coupling between agent internal and agent/ environmental dynamics: Development of spatial representations in evolving autonomous robots

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 148-165

  Gigliotta, Onofrio ^a,b,c   Nolfi, Stefano ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evolution; Spatial representation; Transient dynamic

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749147195     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: 17412633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059712308089184     Document Type: Article

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