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Kevin A. Smith

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyORCID 0000-0001-5009-0460Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Neuroscience· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 1

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Joshua B. TenenbaumiD· 2 shared Dorothy A. CowieiD· 1 shared Eric Schulz· 1 shared Ishita Dasgupta· 1 shared Kelsey Rebecca AlleniD· 1 shared Laura‐Ashleigh BirdiD· 1 shared Samuel J. Gershman· 1 shared Tamar R. MakiniD· 1 shared

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintJul 8, 2021

Lifelong learning of cognitive strategies for physical problem-solving: the effect of embodied experience

Kelsey Rebecca Allen, Kevin A. Smith, Laura‐Ashleigh Bird…·Dorothy A. Cowie

The paper compares cognitive strategies in individuals with and without congenital limb differences in a virtual problem-solving task, finding differences in thinking time and persistence despite equal motor capabilities.

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Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxivPreprintMay 15, 2018

Learning to act by integrating mental simulations and physical experiments

Ishita Dasgupta, Kevin A. Smith, Eric Schulz…·Samuel J. Gershman

The paper shows people balance mental simulations and physical experiments to learn action effects, adjusting effort based on trial characteristics.

DOI 10.1101/321497

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