Mental bootstrapping enables human-level concept learning in self-supervised deep models.

Yang L, Lyu M, Wang YJ, Xie X, Zhen Z, Lai JH, Zhang RY.

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aea7202
Published: 2026-08-28
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@article{allodium:10.1126/sciadv.aea7202,
  title = {Mental bootstrapping enables human-level concept learning in self-supervised deep models.},
  author = {Yang L and  Lyu M and  Wang YJ and  Xie X and  Zhen Z and  Lai JH and  Zhang RY.},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Sci Adv},
  doi = {10.1126/sciadv.aea7202},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aea7202}
}

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TI  - Mental bootstrapping enables human-level concept learning in self-supervised deep models.
AU  - Yang L
AU  -  Lyu M
AU  -  Wang YJ
AU  -  Xie X
AU  -  Zhen Z
AU  -  Lai JH
AU  -  Zhang RY.
PY  - 2026
JO  - Sci Adv
DO  - 10.1126/sciadv.aea7202
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L, Y., M, L., YJ, W., X, X., Z, Z., JH, L., & RY., Z. (2026). Mental bootstrapping enables human-level concept learning in self-supervised deep models.. Sci Adv. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aea7202

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