Concepts as Semantic Pointers: A Framework and Computational Model

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Cognitive Sciences

• Publication date

  2016-07-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Computer Science

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  DOI 10.1111/cogs.12265PMID 26235459
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