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What does the finding that clustering improves understanding while removal reduces cognitive effort imply for designing human-centered explanations from symbolic AI systems?
Artificial Intelligence
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The Dual Role of Abstracting over the Irrelevant in Symbolic Explanations: Cognitive Effort vs. Understanding
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