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Affective Preference and Misclassification in a Novel/Familiar Identification Task

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Freeman, N. H.; Parker, D. M. – British Journal of Psychology, 1973

Results clearly show a preference for correctly classified familiar shapes over their novel counterparts. (Authors)

Descriptors: Attitudes, Classification, Data Analysis, Dimensional Preference

Action Alters Shape Categories

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Smith, Linda B. – Cognitive Science, 2005

Two experiments show that action alters the shape categories formed by 2-year-olds. Experiment 1 shows that moving an object horizontally (or vertically) defines the horizontal (or vertical) axis as the main axis of elongation and systematically changes the range of shapes seen as similar. Experiment 2 shows that moving an object symmetrically (or…

Descriptors: Young Children, Visual Stimuli, Recognition (Psychology), Cognitive Processes