A computational model of social-learning mechanisms

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 467-483

  Lopes, Manuel ^a   Melo, Francisco S ^a,b   Kenward, Ben ^c   Santos Victor, José ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computational model; Emulation; Imitation; Social learning

Indexed keywords

PAN;

EID: 70349940453     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: 17412633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059712309342757     Document Type: Article

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