TY - JOUR
T1 - A tutorial introduction to Bayesian models of cognitive development
AU - Perfors, Amy
AU - Tenenbaum, Joshua B.
AU - Griffiths, Thomas L.
AU - Xu, Fei
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Daniel Navarro and Daniel Swingley for helpful comments on versions of this paper. This work was supported by NSF Grant IIS-0845410 (TLG), AFOSR Grant FA9550-10-1-0232 (TLG), James S. McDonnell Causal Learning Research Collaborative ONR Grant N00014-09-0124 (JBT, TLG), and NSERC (FX).
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - We present an introduction to Bayesian inference as it is used in probabilistic models of cognitive development. Our goal is to provide an intuitive and accessible guide to the what, the how, and the why of the Bayesian approach: what sorts of problems and data the framework is most relevant for, and how and why it may be useful for developmentalists. We emphasize a qualitative understanding of Bayesian inference, but also include information about additional resources for those interested in the cognitive science applications, mathematical foundations, or machine learning details in more depth. In addition, we discuss some important interpretation issues that often arise when evaluating Bayesian models in cognitive science.
AB - We present an introduction to Bayesian inference as it is used in probabilistic models of cognitive development. Our goal is to provide an intuitive and accessible guide to the what, the how, and the why of the Bayesian approach: what sorts of problems and data the framework is most relevant for, and how and why it may be useful for developmentalists. We emphasize a qualitative understanding of Bayesian inference, but also include information about additional resources for those interested in the cognitive science applications, mathematical foundations, or machine learning details in more depth. In addition, we discuss some important interpretation issues that often arise when evaluating Bayesian models in cognitive science.
KW - Bayesian models
KW - Cognitive development
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cognition.2010.11.015
DO - 10.1016/j.cognition.2010.11.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 21269608
AN - SCOPUS:79959810393
SN - 0010-0277
VL - 120
SP - 302
EP - 321
JO - Cognition
JF - Cognition
IS - 3
ER -