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Discovering Structurally Plausible and Interpretable Cognitive Models with Large Language Models
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Computational cognitive modeling has traditionally relied on manual model construction, which is a time-intensive process that requires substantial domain expertise. Although recent LLM-based approaches have begun to automate model generation, they often prioritize predictive accuracy at the expense of structural plausibility and parameter identifiability. We introduce DisCo, an LLM-guided framework that discovers interpretable symbolic cognitive models through evolutionary search with two structural components: a Validator that filters structurally invalid models, and a Cleaner that promotes parameter identifiability by removing redundant parameters. Across three behavioral tasks, DisCo consistently discovers models that achieve performance competitive with task-specific baselines. Ablation analyses show that the Validator is important for recovering psychologically meaningful structure. Without this component, models tend to violate behavioral constraints and show less consistent associations with external cognitive measures. These results suggest that LLM-driven model discovery, when coupled with appropriate structural constraints, can yield cognitively plausible models that go beyond predictive fit.
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Discovering Structurally Plausible and Interpretable Cognitive Models with Large Language Models
Computational cognitive modeling has traditionally relied on manual model construction, which is a time-intensive process that requires substantial domain expertise. Although recent LLM-based approaches have begun to automate model generation, they often prioritize predictive accuracy at the expense of structural plausibility and parameter identifiability. We introduce DisCo, an LLM-guided framework that discovers interpretable symbolic cognitive models through evolutionary search with two structural components: a Validator that filters structurally invalid models, and a Cleaner that promotes parameter identifiability by removing redundant parameters. Across three behavioral tasks, DisCo consistently discovers models that achieve performance competitive with task-specific baselines. Ablation analyses show that the Validator is important for recovering psychologically meaningful structure. Without this component, models tend to violate behavioral constraints and show less consistent associations with external cognitive measures. These results suggest that LLM-driven model discovery, when coupled with appropriate structural constraints, can yield cognitively plausible models that go beyond predictive fit.
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