Learning and brain development: A neural constructivist perspective

Connectionist Models of Development: Developmental Processes in Real and Artificial Neural Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 244-271

  Quartz, Steven R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203494028     Document Type: Chapter

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