Mere exposure alters category learning of novel objects

We investigated how mere exposure to complex objects with correlated or uncorrelated object features affects later category learning of new objects not seen during exposure. Correlations among pre-exposed object dimensions influenced later category learning. Unlike other published studies, the colle...

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Published inFrontiers in psychology Vol. 1; p. 40
Main Authors Folstein, Jonathan R, Gauthier, Isabel, Palmeri, Thomas J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Frontiers Research Foundation 01.01.2010
Frontiers Media S.A
Subjects
category learning
Neuroscience
object learning
pre-exposure
statistical learning
visual categorization
category learning
rule learning
statistical learning
cognition
classification learning
mere exposure
unsupervised learning
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Summary:We investigated how mere exposure to complex objects with correlated or uncorrelated object features affects later category learning of new objects not seen during exposure. Correlations among pre-exposed object dimensions influenced later category learning. Unlike other published studies, the collection of pre-exposed objects provided no information regarding the categories to be learned, ruling out unsupervised or incidental category learning during pre-exposure. Instead, results are interpreted with respect to statistical learning mechanisms, providing one of the first demonstrations of how statistical learning can influence visual object learning.
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Reviewed by: Fraser Milton, University of Exeter, UK; Wolf van Paemel, University of Leuven, Belgium
Edited by: Emmanuel Pothos, Swansea University, UK
ISSN:1664-1078
1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00040