DOI: 10.1007/bf00202389. On the computational architecture of the neocortex

On the computational architecture of the neocortex

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Mumford, D. (1991). On the computational architecture of the neocortex. Biological Cybernetics, 65(2), 135â145.

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D. Mumford (first)

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