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Pharmacopsychiatry 2006; 39: 50-51
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-931494
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-931494
Original Paper
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Putting the Computation Back into Computational Modeling
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Publication History
Publication Date:
01 March 2006 (online)
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Many different varieties of modeling coexist in theoretical neuroscience. Here, we consider the positive and negative implications, for theories of schizophrenia, of a crucial distinction between computational and mathematical modeling.
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University College
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