
Fei Xu
In Fei Xu's lab, research focuses on how children acquire knowledge rapidly and accurately with limited amounts of evidence. Their research focuses on how children acquire knowledge rapidly and accurately with limited amounts of evidence. She has done extensive research on probabilistic reasoning in and statistical inference infants and children, infant cognition (e.g., object concept, kind concepts, number representations, probabilistic reasoning, physical and psychological reasoning), language development (word learning in particular) and social cognition (e.g., preferences, intentionality). They also develop computational models of cognitive and language development, and they also explore the philosophical implications of rational constructive learning.
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Scientists tap the genius of babies and youngsters to make computers smarter
UC Berkeley scientists are tapping the cognitive smarts of babies, toddlers and preschoolers to program computers to think more like humans.