Symbolic Versus Associative Learning

Cognitive Science

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 958-965

  Hummel, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Relational learning; Relational representations; Symbol grounding; Symbol systems; Symbolic learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651473784     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2010.01096.x     Document Type: Article

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