The ability to categorize food and nonfood correctly and to distinguish between different
foods is essential for our survival. Because of our omnivore nature and because of the food …

People form mental concepts of categories of objects, which permit them to respond
appropriately to new objects they encounter by making inferences from properties of known …

Visual recognition of objects may rely on different features depending on the category to
which they belong. Recognizing natural objects, such as fruits and plants, weighs more on …

Despite the essential role of food in our lives, we have little understanding of the way our
knowledge about food is organized in the brain. At birth, human infants exhibit very few food …

This project examined adults' food cognitions by applying schema theory to explain how
adults categorized foods for different contexts. Qualitative interviews and repeated card sort …

An evolutionarily ancient skill we possess is the ability to distinguish between food and non-
food. Our goal here is to identify the neural correlates of visually driven 'edible …

In the present study we examined whether categorization difficulty regarding a food is
related to its likability. For this purpose, we produced stimulus images by morphing …

Humans make decisions about food every day. The visual system provides important
information that forms a basis for these food decisions. Although previous research has …

Throughout our lives we develop a system that helps us navigate in a food environment. In a
routine where we are constantly thinking about food and making choices, ranging from …

People learn new categories on a daily basis, and the study of category learning is a major
topic of research in cognitive science. However, most prior work has focused on how people …