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    "pk": 26448,
    "title": "Experience as a Free Parameter in the Cognitive Modeling of Language",
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    "abstract": "To account for natural variability in cognitive processing, it is\nstandard practice to optimize the parameters of a model to\naccount for behavioral data. However, variability reflecting the\ninformation to which one has been exposed is usually ignored.\nNevertheless, most language theories assign a large role to an\nindividual’s experience with language. We present a new way to\nfit language-based behavioral data that combines simple learning\nand processing mechanisms using optimization of language\nmaterials. We demonstrate that benchmark fits on multiple\nlinguistic tasks can be achieved using this method and will argue\nthat one must account not only for the internal parameters of a\nmodel but also the external experience that people receive when\ntheorizing about human behavior.",
    "language": "eng",
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        "text": null,
        "url": ""
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Cognitive modeling; Model optimization;\nLanguage processing; Corpus-based models."
        }
    ],
    "section": "Papers",
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    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9ww798xm",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Brendan",
            "middle_name": "T.",
            "last_name": "Johns",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University at Buffalo",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Michael",
            "middle_name": "N.",
            "last_name": "Jones",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Indiana University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Douglas",
            "middle_name": "J.K.",
            "last_name": "Mewhort",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Queen’s University",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2016-01-01T10:00:00-08:00",
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