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Rule versus similarity: Different in processing mode, not in representations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2005

Rolf Reber*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen, N-5015Bergen, Norwayhttp://www.uib.no/psyfa/isp/ansatte/reber.htm

Abstract

Drawing on an example from artificial grammar learning, I present the case that similarity processes can be computationally identical to rules processes, but that participants in an artificial grammar learning experiment may use different processing modes to classify stimuli. The number of properties and other representational differences between rule and similarity processes are an accidental consequence of strategies used.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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