Why let networks grow?

Neuroconstructivism

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Shultz, Thomas R ^a   Mysore, Shreesh P ^b   Quartz, Steven R ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Architectural plasticity; Auditory localization; Barn owls; Cascade correlation algorithm; Chomsky; Developmental change; Neural network learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920982328     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198529934.003.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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