Theory-based Bayesian models of inductive learning and reasoning

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 309-318

  Tenenbaum, Joshua B ^a   Griffiths, Thomas L ^b   Kemp, Charles ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN MODELS; INDUCTIVE LEARNING; REASONING; WORD MEANINGS;

DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BAYES THEOREM; BRAIN; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INTUITION; LEARNING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33746260413     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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