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A rational analysis of rule-based concept learning
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This article proposes a new model of human concept learning that provides a rational analysis of learning feature-based concepts. This model is built upon Bayesian inference for a grammatically structured hypothesis space-a concept language of logical rules. This article compares the model predictions to human generalization judgments in several well-known category learning experiments, and finds good agreement for both average and individual participant generalizations. This article further investigates judgments for a broad set of 7-feature concepts-a more natural setting in several ways-and again finds that the model explains human performance.
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- Authors
- Goodman, N. D., Tenenbaum, J. B., Feldman, J., & Griffiths, T. L.
- Affiliations
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- Corresponding author
- Goodman, Noah D.
- Venue
- Cognitive Science
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2008-01
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 108-154
- ISSN
- 0364-0213 (ISSN-L)
- 1551-6709
- OpenAlex
- W2142336306
- Cited by
- 469
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- 96
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- FWCI
- 23.14
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Cognitive Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (0339062)
- James S. McDonnell Foundation
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Categorization, perception, and language
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Cognitive Science and Education Research
- Keywords
- Bayesian inference, category learning, rational analysis, individual differences in learning
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