Interactions between causal models, theories, and social cognitive development

Neural Networks

Volumn 23, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 1060-1071

  Sobel, David M ^a   Buchanan, David W ^a   Butterfield, Jesse ^b   Jenkins, Odest Chadwicke ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brown Univerity   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal generalization; Causal models; Learning from testimony; Markov random fields; Pretense; Rational model of categorization

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL GENERALIZATION; CAUSAL MODEL; LEARNING FROM TESTIMONY; MARKOV RANDOM FIELDS; PRETENSE; RATIONAL MODELS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAUSAL MODELING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77957922287     PISSN: 08936080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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