A dialogue on the role of computational modeling in developmental science

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-158

  Simmering, Vanessa R ^a   Triesch, Jochen ^b   Deák, Gedeon O ^c   Spencer, John P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Development; Experimental methodology; Philosophy of science; Quantitative methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955124542     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2010.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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