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    "title": "A formal model of intuitive theories of vision in congenitally blind and sighted adults",
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    "abstract": "Comparison of visibility inferences across congenitally blind and sighted people provides insight into the contribution of first-person sensory experience to intuitive theories. We hypothesized that both groups understand others' visual experiences via an intuitive theory incorporating variables known to influence visual psychophysics (distance, looking duration, and feature size). Adults born blind (n=20) and sighted (n=40) listened to short scenarios that described an observer looking at another person from different distances and for varying durations. Participants rated how likely the observer would perceive appearance features of the person that varied in size (e.g., eye color vs. hat). A probabilistic formalization of intuitive visibility fit the ratings with high accuracy across scenarios and features. Model parameters were qualitatively identical across groups but blind adults weighted distance and size less. A quantitative and generative intuitive theory of vision develops without first-person sensory access, possibly through linguistic communication, and is fine-tuned by visual experience.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Psychology; Causal reasoning; Cognitive architectures; Language understanding; Perception; Reasoning; Theory of Mind; Bayesian modeling; Computational Modeling; Statistics"
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    "section": "Papers with Oral Presentation",
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            "first_name": "Ziwen",
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            "last_name": "Wang",
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            "institution": "Johns Hopkins University",
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            "first_name": "Elizabeth",
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            "first_name": "Sophia",
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            "institution": "Johns Hopkins University",
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            "institution": "Johns Hopkins University",
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    "date_published": "2024-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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