Bayesian learning mechanisms

Bayesian learning mechanisms are probabilistic causal models{{cite journal |last1=Gopnik |first1=Alison |author-link=Alison Gopnik |last2=Wellman |first2=Henry M. |author2-link=Henry Wellman |title=Reconstructing constructivism: Causal models, Bayesian learning mechanisms, and the theory theory. |journal=Psychological Bulletin |date=2012 |volume=138 |issue=6 |pages=1085–1108 |doi=10.1037/a0028044 |pmid=22582739 |pmc=3422420 }} used in computer science to research the fundamental underpinnings of machine learning, and in cognitive neuroscience, to model conceptual development.{{cite journal |last1=Ullman |first1=Tomer D. |last2=Tenenbaum |first2=Joshua B. |title=Bayesian Models of Conceptual Development: Learning as Building Models of the World |journal=Annual Review of Developmental Psychology |date=15 December 2020 |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=533–558 |doi=10.1146/annurev-devpsych-121318-084833 |hdl=1721.1/138358.2 |url=http://psyarxiv.com/aq3rp/ |hdl-access=free }}{{cite journal |last1=Gopnik |first1=Alison |last2=Bonawitz |first2=Elizabeth |title=Bayesian models of child development: Bayesian models of child development |journal=Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science |date=March 2015 |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=75–86 |doi=10.1002/wcs.1330 |pmid=26263064 |url=http://osf.io/9cvhw/ |url-access=subscription }}

Bayesian learning mechanisms have also been used in economics{{cite journal |last1=Herrera |first1=Juan Pablo |last2=Gerena |first2=Francisco Lozano |title=Modelo de manadas y aprendizaje social |trans-title=A Model of Herds and Social Learning |language=es |journal=Revista de Economía Institucional |date=22 September 2005 |volume=7 |issue=13 |pages=133–160 |id={{Gale|A166620594}} |ssrn=923861 }} and cognitive psychology to study social learning in theoretical models of herd behavior.{{cite journal |last1=Perreault |first1=Charles |last2=Moya |first2=Cristina |last3=Boyd |first3=Robert |title=A Bayesian approach to the evolution of social learning |journal=Evolution and Human Behavior |date=September 2012 |volume=33 |issue=5 |pages=449–459 |doi=10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2011.12.007|bibcode=2012EHumB..33..449P }}{{cite journal |last1=Krafft |first1=P.M. |last2=Shmueli |first2=Erez |last3=Griffiths |first3=Thomas L. |last4=Tenenbaum |first4=Joshua B. |last5=Pentland |first5=Alex |title=Bayesian collective learning emerges from heuristic social learning |journal=Cognition |date=July 2021 |volume=212 |pages=104469 |doi=10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104469|pmid=33770743 |doi-access=free |hdl=1721.1/131067 |hdl-access=free }}