Abstract
Abstract Spatial locations can be extracted from language statistics, based on the idea that nearby locations are mentioned in similar linguistic contexts, akin to Tobler's first law of geography. However, the performance of language-based estimates is inferior to human estimates, raising questions about whether human spatial representations can actually be informed by such (inferior) statistics. We show that alternative methods of computing co-occurrence statistics improve language-based estimates, illustrating that simple linguistic
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society |
Publisher | Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society |
Pages | 1270-1275 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Event | CogSci 2014 - Québec City, Canada Duration: 23 Jul 2014 → 26 Jul 2014 |
Conference
Conference | CogSci 2014 |
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Country/Territory | Canada |
City | Québec City |
Period | 23/07/14 → 26/07/14 |