Scale-invariant transition probabilities in free word association trajectories

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2009, Pages

  Costa, Martin Elias ^a   Bonomo, Flavia ^a   Sigman, Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Graph theory; Markov; Networks; Sematics; Simulations; Word association

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859514089     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.07.019.2009     Document Type: Article

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