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    "pk": 49349,
    "title": "Constituency tests in human adults' language of thought for geometry",
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    "abstract": "Humans can remember arrays or sequences of stimuli that exceed working memory limits in many domains, from auditory sequences to geometric shapes. This ability has been interpreted as evidence for language-like representations that compress stimuli into compact descriptions. We extend this evidence in the domain of geometry by showing that representations of geometric shapes are not only compressed but also syntactically structured. Experiment 1 shows that different representations can be induced for the same geometric shape, indicating structural representation. Experiment 2 shows that subparts of a shape are easier to recognize when they belong to the same subtree than whey do not, indicating hierarchical organization. Taken together, the results indicate that geometric shapes are encoded in representations that possess internal syntax, just like natural language sentences.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Psychology; Cognitive architectures; Language and thought; Perception; Representation; Syntax; Vision; Psychophysics"
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    "section": "Papers with Poster Presentation",
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    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3716162z",
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        {
            "first_name": "Barbu",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Revencu",
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            "institution": "CEA",
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            "first_name": "Stanislas",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Dehaene",
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    "date_submitted": null,
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    "date_published": "2025-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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