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Generative Similarity, Generalization, and Abstraction

2026-01-23

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<p>Determining the degree of similarity between different stimuli is central for intelligent behavior. Psychologists have long debated the nature of similarity, considering whether it is continuous and space-like or discrete and feature-like. Here, we argue that the idea that stimuli are similar to the extent that they are likely to have been generated by the same process unifies these spatial and featural account...

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Literature Corpus work: 4c10e4aa-0703-50e6-aaff-44f709ae80cb
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/bdxg4_v1

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