Multiple systems of perceptual category learning: Theory and cognitive tests

FG Ashby, VV Valentin - Handbook of categorization in cognitive science, 2017 - Elsevier
The first neurobiologically detailed theory of multiple systems in category learning, called
COVIS, was originally conceived in 1998. COVIS, which is now well established, postulates …

Disappearing dissociations in experimental psychology: Using state-trace analysis to test for multiple processes

RG Stephens, D Matzke, BK Hayes - Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 2019 - Elsevier
Dissociations have served as a key source of evidence for theory development in
experimental psychology. Claims about the existence of multiple distinct psychological …

Left inferior frontal gyrus integrates multisensory information in category learning

Y Li, C Seger, Q Chen, L Mo - Cerebral Cortex, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Humans are able to categorize things they encounter in the world (eg, a cat) by integrating
multisensory information from the auditory and visual modalities with ease and speed …

A neural network model of the effect of prior experience with regularities on subsequent category learning

CL Roark, DC Plaut, LL Holt - Cognition, 2022 - Elsevier
Categories are often structured by the similarities of instances within the category defined
across dimensions or features. Researchers typically assume that there is a direct, linear …

Feedback and observational learning differ in effectiveness during category learning in early school aged children and adults

Z Li, T Huang, CA Seger, Z Liu - British Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
When learning new categories, do children benefit from the same types of training as
adults? We compared the effects of feedback‐based training with observational training in …

Generalisation to novel exemplars of learned shape categories based on visual and auditory spatial cues does not benefit from multisensory information

A O'Dowd, RJ Hirst, MA Seveso, EM McKenna… - Psychonomic Bulletin & …, 2024 - Springer
Although the integration of information across multiple senses can enhance object
representations in memory, how multisensory information affects the formation of categories …

[HTML][HTML] A role for consolidation in cross-modal category learning

JE Ashton, E Jefferies, MG Gaskell - Neuropsychologia, 2018 - Elsevier
The ability to categorize objects and events is a fundamental human skill that depends upon
the representation of multimodal conceptual knowledge. This study investigated the …

The gradual coevolution of syntactic combinatorics and categorization under the effects of human self-domestication: a proposal

A Benítez-Burraco, K Hoshi, L Progovac - Cognitive Processing, 2023 - Springer
The gradual emergence of syntax has been claimed to be engaged in a feedback loop with
Human Self-Domestication (HSD), both processes resulting from, and contributing to …

Multisensory transfer effects in implicit and explicit category learning

X Sun, L Yao, Q Fu, X Fu - Psychological Research, 2023 - Springer
In category learning, transfer emerges when individuals apply the knowledge or strategy
learned with one set of stimuli to a novel set. Under multisensory circumstances, it remains …

Performance pressure enhances speech learning

WT Maddox, S Koslov, HG Yi… - Applied …, 2016 - cambridge.org
Real-world speech learning often occurs in high-pressure situations such as trying to
communicate in a foreign country. However, the impact of pressure on speech learning …