Autonomy in Action: Linking the Act of Looking to Memory Formation in Infancy via Dynamic Neural Fields

Cognitive Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-60

  Perone, Sammy ^a   Spencer, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic field theory; Dynamic neural field models; Embodied cognition; Infant looking; Memory development; Memory formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872525964     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12010     Document Type: Article

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