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. 2018 Aug;22(8):669-671.
doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2018.05.011. Epub 2018 Jun 11.

With Great Data Comes Great (Theoretical) Opportunity

Michael C Frank  1
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With Great Data Comes Great (Theoretical) Opportunity

Michael C Frank. Trends Cogn Sci. 2018 Aug.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: big data; computational modeling; critical period; second language acquisition.

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