Within-compound associations: Models and data

Computational Models of Conditioning

Volumn 9780521113649, Issue , 2010, Pages 108-149

  Witnauer, James E ^a   Miller, Ralph R ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATIVE PROCESSING; COMPUTATION THEORY; DIGITAL STORAGE;

ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING; BEHAVIORAL CONTROL; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; PHASE 1; PHASE 2; SECOND ORDERS; SIMULATED EXPERIMENTS;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS;

EID: 84927119380     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511760402.005     Document Type: Chapter

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