Conceptual and Methodological Problems with Comparative Work on Artificial Language Learning

Several theoretical proposals for the evolution of language have sparked a renewed search for comparative data on human and non-human animal computational capacities. However, conceptual confusions still hinder the field, leading to experimental evidence that fails to test for comparable human compe...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey Watumull, Marc D. Hauser, Robert C. Berwick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2014-04-01
Series:Biolinguistics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5964/bioling.8995