Evidential diversity increases generalisation in predictive learning
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DOI: 10.1177/1747021819857065
Abstract: In property induction tasks, encountering a diverse range of instances (e.g., hippos and hamsters) with a given property usually increases our willingness to generalise that property to a novel instance, relative to non-diverse evidence (e.g.,… read more here.
Keywords: diversity; predicted outcome; predictive learning; diverse group ... See more keywords