How category learning affects object representations: Not all morphspaces stretch alike

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 807-820

  Folstein, Jonathan R ^a   Gauthier, Isabel ^a   Palmeri, Thomas J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Category learning; Morphing; Object representations; Perceptual learning; Similarity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84871683647     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025836     Document Type: Article

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