CiteULike Search Register Log in
CiteULike is a free online bibliography manager. Register and you can start organising your references online.

Decisions, decisions: infant language learning when multiple generalizations are possible

by: Louann Gerken
Cognition, Vol. In Press, Corrected Proof

X Abstract

Two experiments presented infants with artificial language input in which at least two generalizations were logically possible. The results demonstrate that infants made one of the two generalizations tested, the one that was most statistically consistent with the particular subset of the data they received. The experiments shed light on how learners might go about solving the induction problem for human language.

View the full article here:

DOI, Pubmed, Hubmed, ScienceDirect

This article has been bookmarked 4 times, initially on 2005-09-02.

2007-04-27 User kapfelba
2006-02-03 User pieterw
2005-09-02 User kechambers
Group ur-cls
Privacy Statement | Terms & Conditions
CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. It helps undergraduates and postgraduates. People studying for PhDs or in postdoctoral (postdoc) positions. The service is similar in scope to EndNote or RefWorks or any other reference manager like BibTeX, but it is a social bookmarking service for scientists and humanities researchers.