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Malt, Barbara C.; Sloman, Steven A. – Cognition, 2007
Daily experience is filled with objects that have been created by humans to serve specific purposes. For such objects, the very act of creation may be a key element of how people understand them. But exactly how does creator's intention matter? We evaluated its contribution to two forms of categorization: the name selected for an artifact, and…
Descriptors: Intention, Classification, Intuition, Concept Formation