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Integration versus Interactive Activation: The Joint Influence of Stimulus and Context in Perception.
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Massaro, Dominic W.; Cohen, Michael M. – Cognitive Psychology, 1991
The stochastic interactive activation and competition (SIAC) model of perception is presented and tested using several data sets from previous research. The asymptotic predictions of the SIAC model are compared with those of the fuzzy logical model of perception (FLMP). Evidence favoring the FLMP is reviewed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Context Effect, Equations (Mathematics), Estimation (Mathematics)
Pattern Perception and Pictures for the Blind
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Heller, Morton A.; McCarthy, Melissa; Clark, Ashley – Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 2005
This article reviews recent research on perception of tangible pictures in sighted and blind people. Haptic picture naming accuracy is dependent upon familiarity and access to semantic memory, just as in visual recognition. Performance is high when haptic picture recognition tasks do not depend upon semantic memory. Viewpoint matters for the ease…
Descriptors: Blindness, Semantics, Familiarity, Memory
To Catch a Thief with a Recognition Test: The Model and Some Empirical Results.
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Rakover, Sam S.; Cahlon, Baruch – Cognitive Psychology, 1989
A technique and mathematical model--the "Catch Model"--for identifying a face previously seen are presented. Three experiments, involving a total of 38 American and 30 Israeli college students, supported the model for identification of a target face. Practical implications are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Equations (Mathematics), Facial Expressions, Foreign Countries, Identification