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Come down from the clouds: Grounding Bayesian insights in developmental and behavioral processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 August 2011

Gavin W. Jenkins ,
Larissa K. Samuelson  and
John P. Spencer
Gavin W. Jenkins
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Delta Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1407. [email protected]://www.psychology.uiowa.edu/people/[email protected]://www.psychology.uiowa.edu/people/[email protected]://www.psychology.uiowa.edu/people/john_spencer
Larissa K. Samuelson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Delta Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1407. [email protected]://www.psychology.uiowa.edu/people/[email protected]://www.psychology.uiowa.edu/people/[email protected]://www.psychology.uiowa.edu/people/john_spencer
John P. Spencer
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Delta Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1407. [email protected]://www.psychology.uiowa.edu/people/[email protected]://www.psychology.uiowa.edu/people/[email protected]://www.psychology.uiowa.edu/people/john_spencer
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Abstract

According to Jones & Love (J&L), Bayesian theories are too often isolated from other theories and behavioral processes. Here, we highlight examples of two types of isolation from the field of word learning. Specifically, Bayesian theories ignore emergence, critical to development theory, and have not probed the behavioral details of several key phenomena, such as the “suspicious coincidence” effect.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 34 , Issue 4 , August 2011 , pp. 204 - 206
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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