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ERIC Number: EJ1010373
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Mar
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1363-755X
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Probabilistic Cue Combination: Less Is More
Yurovsky, Daniel; Boyer, Ty W.; Smith, Linda B.; Yu, Chen
Developmental Science, v16 n2 p149-158 Mar 2013
Learning about the structure of the world requires learning probabilistic relationships: rules in which cues do not predict outcomes with certainty. However, in some cases, the ability to track probabilistic relationships is a handicap, leading adults to perform non-normatively in prediction tasks. For example, in the "dilution effect," predictions made from the combination of two cues of different strengths are less accurate than those made from the stronger cue alone. Here we show that "dilution" is an adult problem; 11-month-old infants combine strong and weak predictors normatively. These results extend and add support for the "less is more" hypothesis: limited cognitive resources can lead children to represent probabilistic information differently from adults, and this difference in representation can have important downstream consequences for prediction. (Contains 3 figures and 1 table.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Indiana
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