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Finding the Pope in the pizza: Abstract invariants and cognitive constraints on perceptual learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1998

John E. Hummel
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563 jhummel@psych.ucla.edukellman@psych.ucla.edu
Philip J. Kellman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563 jhummel@psych.ucla.edukellman@psych.ucla.edu
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Abstract

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Schyns, Goldstone & Thibaut argue that categorization experience results in the learning of new perceptual features that are not derivable from the learner's existing feature set. We explore the meaning and implications of this “nonderivability” claim and relate it to the question of whether perceptual invariants are learnable, and if so, what might be entailed in learning them.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press