Show or tell? Exploring when (and why) teaching with language outperforms demonstration
Cognition, 2023. [All Versions]. The findings of this paper suggest that language communicates complex concepts by directly transmitting abstract rules. In contrast, demonstrations transmit examples, requiring the learner to infer the rules.
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AGI & CoCoSci › Papers > Complexity & Information Theory > Visual Complexity: “Cognition, 2023. [All Versions]. The findings of this paper suggest that language communicates complex concepts by directly transmitting abstract rules. In contrast, demonstrations transmit examples, requiring the learner to infer the rules.”