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Some Mickey Mouse experiments: An examination of the classification and naming of individual things
Author(s) -
Johnston R. A.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1994.tb02539.x
Subject(s) - categorization , psychology , cognitive psychology , object (grammar) , representation (politics) , cognitive neuroscience of visual object recognition , face (sociological concept) , face perception , bridge (graph theory) , communication , linguistics , artificial intelligence , perception , computer science , medicine , philosophy , neuroscience , politics , political science , law
Findings from the investigation of naming and categorization latencies for objects and familiar faces have informed our theories of recognition of those items. However, comparisons between research on faces and objects is complicated because experiments address different levels of representation; objects are examined at the concept level (e.g. chair) and faces at an individual level (e.g. Eric Morecambe). Three experiments examine the categorization and naming of specific objects in order to bridge the gap between familiar faces and generic objects. The asymmetry frequently observed in naming and categorizing faces and objects and their printed labels is observed to extend to the domain of individual items (cartoon characters). This pattern of results is discussed in terms of the validity of using models of face recognition to inform models of object recognition.