Autonomous visual exploration creates developmental change in familiarity and novelty seeking behaviors

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Perone, Sammy ^a   Spencer, John P ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic neural fields; Dynamic systems; Intrinsic motivation; Visual exploration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885356352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00648     Document Type: Article

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