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  • Cognitive Science
  • Psychology
  • Linguistics

Background:

  • Linguistic and non-linguistic pattern learning are typically studied in isolation.
  • A comparative approach is proposed to understand shared learning mechanisms.
  • Analogous inductive problems exist in phonological and visual pattern learning.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if human learners solve analogous phonological and visual pattern learning problems similarly.
  • To test if computational models can capture human performance in both domains.
  • To compare a cue-based model (GMECCS) against a rule-seeking hypothesis.

Main Methods:

  • Three experiments were conducted using the full typology of patterns by Shepard, Hovland, and Jenkins (SHJ).
  • Patterns were instantiated as both phonotactic (linguistic) and visual analogs.
  • Unsupervised and supervised training conditions were employed to test learning models.

Main Results:

  • Human performance in phonological and visual pattern learning was analogous and predictable by the same models.
  • Gradual Maximum Entropy with a Conjunctive Constraint Schema (GMECCS) better predicted performance than rule-seeking.
  • Contrary to rule-seeking, simpler patterns (fewer features) were sometimes harder to learn, as predicted by GMECCS.

Conclusions:

  • Cognitive processes for phonological and visual concept learning are similar and cue-based.
  • Studying one domain offers insights into the other.
  • Cue-based learning mechanisms persist even under supervised training conditions.