Connectionists: Baysian and Bayes net approaches to learning and development

[Denis Mareschal]

Dear all,

The following special section that recently appeared in Developmental 
Science may be of interest to readers of this list. The section is 
dedicated to exploring the pros and cons of using Baysian and Baye's 
net approaches to model learning and development in human cognition.

All the best,

Denis Mareschal


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Developmental Science

May 2007 - Vol. 10 Issue 3 Page 281-364

SPECIAL SECTION: BAYESIAN NETWORKS, BAYESIAN LEARNING AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

Bayesian networks, Bayesian learning and cognitive development
Alison Gopnik and Joshua B. Tenenbaum
pages 281-287

Sensitivity to sampling in Bayesian word learning
Fei Xu and Joshua B. Tenenbaum
pages 288-297

Bayes nets and babies: infants' developing statistical reasoning 
abilities and their representation of causal knowledge
David M. Sobel and Natasha Z. Kirkham
pages 298-306

Learning overhypotheses with hierarchical Bayesian models
Charles Kemp, Amy Perfors and Joshua B. Tenenbaum
pages 307-321

Preschool children learn about causal structure from conditional interventions
Laura E. Schulz, Alison Gopnik and Clark Glymour
pages 322-332

Using domain-general principles to explain children's causal 
reasoning abilities
James L. McClelland and Richard M. Thompson
pages 333-356

The Bayesian revolution approaches psychological development
Thomas R. Shultz
pages 357-364


Plus, here is a link to the website where you can download the papers:

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/desc/10/3

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