The Theory of Reasoned Action as Parallel Constraint Satisfaction: Towards a Dynamic Computational Model of Health Behavior

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Orr, Mark G ^a   Thrush, Roxanne ^a   Plaut, David C ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; LEARNING; SIMULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THEORY OF REASONED ACTION;

ADOLESCENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTENTION; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84877038378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062490     Document Type: Article

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