Table C1:

WOLVES elements and parameter value

Element	Parameter Values
Neural Field	τ	h	β
All	5	−5	4*
Memory Traces	τbuild	τdecay	θ
All	1200**	5500**	0.8

Lateral Interactions 1D Kernel	aexc	ainh	aglob
atn_sr -> atn_sr	11	0	−0.5
ior_s -> ior_s	16	15	0
atn_sa -> atn_sa	6	0	−0.5
con_s -> con_s	20	20	0
wm_s -> wm_s	20	8	−0.5
atn_f -> atn_f	8	0	−1
con_f -> con_f	8	0	0
wm_f -> wm_f	24	23	−0.125
word -> word	7	0	−3

Lateral Interactions 2D Kernel	σx,exc	σy,exc	σx,inh	σy,inh	aexc	aglob
wf -> wf	0	10	4	4	33	−1.3

Gaussian Kernel 1D	α
atn_sr -> atn_sa	11
atn_sr -> vis_f	2.25
atn_sr -> ior_s	1.3
ior_s -> atn_sr	−16
ior_s -> atn_sa	−14
atn_sa -> atn_sr	4
atn_sa -> con_s	2.5
atn_sa -> wm_s	3.5
atn_sa -> wm_c	1
atn_sa -> atn_c	4.8
con_s -> atn_sa	3
wm_s -> con_s	−10
wm_s -> wm_c	1.85
vis_f -> atn_sr	0.55
vis_f -> ior_s	0.125
vis_f -> con_s	0.625
vis_f -> wm_s	0.2
vis_f -> atn_f	0.8
vis_f -> con_f	2.5
vis_f -> wm_f	0.3
atn_f -> vis_f	1.25
atn_f -> con_f	4.7
atn_f -> wm_f	3.5
atn_f -> atn_c	1
atn_f -> wm_c	1.2
con_f -> atn_f	4
wm_f -> con_f	−25
wm_f -> wm_c	1.75
atn_c -> atn_sa	0.75
atn_c -> con_s	−0.375
atn_c -> wm_s	0.2
atn_c -> con_f	−0.75
atn_c -> wm_f	0.4
wm_c -> wm_s	0.3
wm_c -> wm_f	0.3
word -> wf	4.25
atn_f -> wf	1
atn_c -> wf	0.25
wf -> word	0.05
wf->con_f	15
Hebbians	0.1
(hword -> word; hcon_s -> con_s; hwm_s -> wm_s; hcon_f -> con_f; hwm_f -> wm_f)

Gaussian Kernel 2D	α
wm_c -> atn_c	5.5
vis_f -> vis_f (exc.)	6
vis_f -> vis_f (inh.)	−7.5
atn_c -> atn_c (exc.)	2.5
wm_c -> wm_c (exc.)	14.5
wm_c -> wm_c (inh.)	−16.5
hwm_c -> wm_c	1.5
hwf -> wf	4
noise kernels	1

Scale Input Factor	α
cos -> cos	4
cos_m -> cos_m	4
wm_c -> wm_c	−0.05
pd_c -> pd_c	2
scale atn_sr ->	1
atn_sa
scale ior_s -> atn_sa	1
cos -> ior_s	3
cos -> atn_c	−2
cos -> atn_f	−7
scale atn_sa ->	1
atn_sr
atn_c -> pd_c	0.035
pd_c -> cos	3
vis_f -> vis_f (global)	−0.00025
atn_c ->atn_c (global)	−0. 0265

^*Except for front-end fields atn_sr and vis_f where β = 2

^**See Table 4 in the article for developmental variations