With Great Data Comes Great (Theoretical) Opportunity

Publication date: Available online 11 June 2018
Source:Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Author(s): Michael C. Frank
Is there a 'critical period' for language? Using a viral online grammar test, Hartshorne, Tenenbaum, and Pinker (2018) collected a new massive dataset on the relationship between age and language learning. Their data highlight both the importance – and the challenges – of creating quantitative theories linking 'big data' to cognitive models.



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