Learning to perform role-filler binding with schematic knowledge.

ABSTRACT: Through specific experiences, humans learn the relationships that underlie the structure of events in the world. Schema theory suggests that we organize this information in mental frameworks called "schemata," which represent our knowledge of the structure of the world. Generalizing knowledge of structural relationships to new situations requires role-filler binding, the ability to associate specific "fillers" with abstract "roles." For instance, when we hear the sentence Alice ordered a tea from Bob, the role-filler bindings customer:Alice, drink:tea and barista:Bob allow us to understand and make inferences about the sentence. We can perform these bindings for arbitrary fillers-we understand this sentence even if we have never heard the names Alice,

SUBMITTER: Chen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8019313 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature