Infants consider both the sample and the sampling process in inductive generalization

The ability to make inductive inferences from sparse data is a critical aspect of human learning. However, the properties observed in a sample of evidence depend not only on the true extension of those properties but also on the process by which evidence is sampled. Because neither the property exte...

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Main Authors: Gweon, Hyowon (Contributor), Tenenbaum, Joshua B. (Contributor), Schulz, Laura E. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), 2012-06-01T16:04:34Z.
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