Relational knowledge: The foundation of higher cognition

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 497-505

  Halford, Graeme S ^a   Wilson, William H ^b   Phillips, Steven ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE PROCESS; NEURAL NETWORK MODEL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BAYES THEOREM; COGNITION; COMPUTER MODEL; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PLANNING; REVIEW; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 77958181351     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2010.08.005     Document Type: Review

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