FINDING THE POPE IN THE PIZZA - ABSTRACT INVARIANTS AND COGNITIVE CONSTRAINTS ON PERCEPTUAL-LEARNING

Authors
HUMMEL JE KELLMAN PJ
Citation
Je. Hummel et Pj. Kellman, FINDING THE POPE IN THE PIZZA - ABSTRACT INVARIANTS AND COGNITIVE CONSTRAINTS ON PERCEPTUAL-LEARNING, Behavioral and brain sciences, 21(1), 1998, pp. 30
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Biological",Neurosciences,"Behavioral Sciences
Journal title
Behavioral and brain sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
0140525X
Volume
21
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(1998)21:1<30:FTPITP>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Schyns, Goldstone & Thibaut argue that categorization experience resul ts in the learning of new perceptual features that are not derivable f rom the learner's existing feature set. We explore the meaning and imp lications of this ''nonderivability'' claim and relate it to the quest ion of whether perceptual invariants are learnable, and if so, what mi ght be entailed in learning them.