Self-production facilitates and adult input interferes in a neural network model of infant vowel imitation

AISB 2011: Computational Models of Cognitive Development

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 8-12

  Warlaumont, Anne S ^a   Westermann, Gert ^b   Oller, D Kimbrough ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BI-DIRECTIONAL CONNECTIONS; HEBBIAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR ACTIVATION; MOTOR NEURONS; NATIVE LANGUAGE; NEURAL NETWORK MODEL; TESTING PHASE;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; NEURONS;

LINGUISTICS;

EID: 84863960440     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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