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Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Conference paper › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Conference paper › peer-review
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TY - CONF
T1 - All things considered
T2 - Dynamic Field Theory captures effect of categories on children’s word learning
AU - Twomey, Katherine
AU - Horst, Jessica
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Recent research demonstrates that both real-time variability in perceptual input and task demands influence young children’s word learning and categorisation. The current study extends these findings by testing both children and a dynamic field theory (DFT) computational model in a category labelling task. Specifically, children and the model were introduced to multiple category members that were either moderately or highly variable. Both children and the model were better able to learn category labels when the individual category members were moderately variable. Overall, these findings have implications for both our understanding of children’s categorisation and the use of computational models to investigate cognition more generally.
AB - Recent research demonstrates that both real-time variability in perceptual input and task demands influence young children’s word learning and categorisation. The current study extends these findings by testing both children and a dynamic field theory (DFT) computational model in a category labelling task. Specifically, children and the model were introduced to multiple category members that were either moderately or highly variable. Both children and the model were better able to learn category labels when the individual category members were moderately variable. Overall, these findings have implications for both our understanding of children’s categorisation and the use of computational models to investigate cognition more generally.
KW - Dynamic Field Theory
KW - fast mappin
KW - word learning
KW - categorisation
KW - comptutational modelling
M3 - Conference paper
ER -