@inproceedings{00684c6532174818ade6460c9aea0a82,
title = "Learning of Relational Categories as a Function of Higher-order Structure",
abstract = "Higher-order relations are important for various cognitive tasks, such as analogical transfer. The current study tested people{\textquoteright}s ability to learn new relational categories, using a learning test of pure higher-order relations. Each stimulus consisted of 4 objects varying on 3 dimensions. Each category was defined by three binary relations between pairs of objects, producing six logically different conditions. Every category was composed of the same number of relations, but differed in the manner that the relations were linked (i.e., by operating on shared objects). Various learning models were compared and the significance of their performance on the experimental task is discussed. The current findings may advance understanding of the cognitive mechanisms involved in relational learning and the manner in which people naturally represent higher-order relational structures.",
keywords = "higher-order relations, schema elaboration, schema refinement, structure acquisition",
author = "Daniel Corral and Matt Jones",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} CogSci 2012.All rights reserved.; 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Building Bridges Across Cognitive Sciences Around the World, CogSci 2012 ; Conference date: 01-08-2012 Through 04-08-2012",
year = "2012",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Building Bridges Across Cognitive Sciences Around the World - Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2012",
publisher = "The Cognitive Science Society",
pages = "1434--1439",
editor = "Naomi Miyake and David Peebles and Cooper, {Richard P.}",
booktitle = "Building Bridges Across Cognitive Sciences Around the World - Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2012",
}