Generality with specificity: The dynamic field theory generalizes across tasks and time scales

Developmental Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 541-555

  Simmering, Vanessa R ^a,b   Spencer, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; AGING; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURONS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 45349102936     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00700.x     Document Type: Article

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