Distinct effects of perceptual quality on auditory word recognition, memory formation and recall in a neural model of sequential memory

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue JUN, 2010, Pages

  Miller, Paul ^a   Wingfield, Arthur ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Memory; Plasticity; Short term plasticity; Simulations; Temporal context model

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649523225     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2010.00014     Document Type: Article

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