A survey on curriculum learning

X Wang, Y Chen, W Zhu - IEEE transactions on pattern analysis …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Curriculum learning (CL) is a training strategy that trains a machine learning model from
easier data to harder data, which imitates the meaningful learning order in human curricula …

How variability shapes learning and generalization

L Raviv, G Lupyan, SC Green - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2022 - cell.com
Learning is using past experiences to inform new behaviors and actions. Because all
experiences are unique, learning always requires some generalization. An effective way of …

[HTML][HTML] Modern language models refute Chomsky's approach to language

ST Piantadosi - ., 2023 - books.google.com
Modern machine learning has subverted and bypassed the theoretical framework of
Chomsky's generative approach to linguistics, including its core claims to particular insights …

Resource-rational analysis: Understanding human cognition as the optimal use of limited computational resources

F Lieder, TL Griffiths - Behavioral and brain sciences, 2020 - cambridge.org
Modeling human cognition is challenging because there are infinitely many mechanisms
that can generate any given observation. Some researchers address this by constraining the …

[图书][B] Explain me this: Creativity, competition, and the partial productivity of constructions

AE Goldberg - 2019 - books.google.com
Why our use of language is highly creative yet also constrained We use words and phrases
creatively to express ourselves in ever-changing contexts, readily extending language …

A critical period for second language acquisition: Evidence from 2/3 million English speakers

JK Hartshorne, JB Tenenbaum, S Pinker - Cognition, 2018 - Elsevier
Children learn language more easily than adults, though when and why this ability declines
have been obscure for both empirical reasons (underpowered studies) and conceptual …

Deaf children need language, not (just) speech

ML Hall, WC Hall, NK Caselli - First Language, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) children need to master at least one language (spoken or
signed) to reach their full potential. Providing access to a natural sign language supports this …

[图书][B] The acquisition of heritage languages

S Montrul - 2016 - books.google.com
Heritage speakers are native speakers of a minority language they learn at home, but due to
socio-political pressure from the majority language spoken in their community, their heritage …

How does the brain learn environmental structure? Ten core principles for understanding the neurocognitive mechanisms of statistical learning

CM Conway - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite a growing body of research devoted to the study of how humans encode
environmental patterns, there is still no clear consensus about the nature of the …

The now-or-never bottleneck: A fundamental constraint on language

MH Christiansen, N Chater - Behavioral and brain sciences, 2016 - cambridge.org
Memory is fleeting. New material rapidly obliterates previous material. How, then, can the
brain deal successfully with the continual deluge of linguistic input? We argue that, to deal …