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    "pk": 49470,
    "title": "Base Rate Neglect in Linguistic Category Learning",
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    "abstract": "This paper presents a categorization experiment supporting the hypothesis that base-rate-neglect occurs in linguistic category learning (and, thus, is a cross-domain phenomenon), and that it is more likely for those learners who engage in explicit problem-solving, rather than implicit learning. We find that among those participants who were able to verbalize the cue that was probabilistically associated with category-membership (correct-staters) in a phonological learning task, about a third respond in a way consistent with base-rate-neglect. On the other hand, non-staters are more likely to respond randomly or by probability matching the base-rates. These results suggest that explicit learning is associated with base-rate-neglect to a greater extent. We found that no learners integrate the two probabilistic patterns present in the experiment into a single Bayesian estimate. Rather, some of them focus on the base-rates, others focus on category-internal cues, and others simply fail to learn anything.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Linguistics; Psychology; Concepts and categories; Decision making; Phonology"
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    "section": "Papers with Poster Presentation",
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            "first_name": "Katya",
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            "last_name": "Pertsova",
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            "institution": "University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill",
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    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2025-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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