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Universal generalization and universal inter-item confusability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2002

Nick Chater ,
Paul M. B. Vitányi  and
Neil Stewart
Nick Chater
Affiliation:
Institute for Applied Cognitive Science, Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdomnick.chater@warwick.ac.uk http://www.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/Psychology/staff/academic.html#NC/ http://www.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/Psychology/staff/postgraduates.html#NS/
Paul M. B. Vitányi
Affiliation:
Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, 1098 SJ, Amsterdam, The Netherlandspaulv@cwi.nl http://www.cwi.nl/~paulv/
Neil Stewart
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdomneil.stewart@warwick.ac.uk
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Abstract

We argue that confusability between items should be distinguished from generalization between items. Shepard's data concern confusability, but the theories proposed by Shepard and by Tenenbaum & Griffiths concern generalization, indicating a gap between theory and data. We consider the empirical and theoretical work involved in bridging this gap. [Shepard; Tenenbaum & Griffiths]

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , August 2001 , pp. 659 - 660
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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