How surprising is a simple pattern? Quantifying "eureka!"

Cognition

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-224

  Feldman, Jacob ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes; Complexity; Concepts; Pattern; Simplicity

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; OBSERVATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; MATHEMATICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 5444258816     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2003.09.013     Document Type: Article

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