Comparing Transformer Model Interpretability with Human Cognition: A Dual Analysis of Attention and Attribution

Lingchen Kong; Jinnie Shin; Pavlo Antonenko

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Comparing Transformer Model Interpretability with Human Cognition: A Dual Analysis of Attention and Attribution

Lingchen Kong, Jinnie Shin, Pavlo Antonenko

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Volume:: Proceedings of the 15th Workshop on Cognitive Modeling and Computational Linguistics
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Year:: 2026
Address:: Palma, Mallorca (Spain)
Editors:: Byung-Doh Oh, Tatsuki Kuribayashi, Giulia Rambelli, Ece Takmaz, Philipp Wicke, Jixing Li, Ryo Yoshida
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Cite (ACL):: Lingchen Kong, Jinnie Shin, and Pavlo Antonenko. 2026. Comparing Transformer Model Interpretability with Human Cognition: A Dual Analysis of Attention and Attribution. In Proceedings of the 15th Workshop on Cognitive Modeling and Computational Linguistics, pages 86–98, Palma, Mallorca (Spain). ELRA Language Resources Association (ELRA).
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[Comparing Transformer Model Interpretability with Human Cognition: A Dual Analysis of Attention and Attribution](https://aclanthology.org/2026.cmcl-1.8/) (Kong et al., CMCL 2026)

Comparing Transformer Model Interpretability with Human Cognition: A Dual Analysis of Attention and Attribution (Kong et al., CMCL 2026)

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Lingchen Kong, Jinnie Shin, and Pavlo Antonenko. 2026. Comparing Transformer Model Interpretability with Human Cognition: A Dual Analysis of Attention and Attribution. In Proceedings of the 15th Workshop on Cognitive Modeling and Computational Linguistics, pages 86–98, Palma, Mallorca (Spain). ELRA Language Resources Association (ELRA).