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| Higher Education | 1 |
| Kinesthetic Perception | 1 |
| Sensory Experience | 1 |
| Tactual Perception | 1 |
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Peer reviewedRosch, Eleanor – Cognitive Psychology, 1975
Two methods are used to test the hypothesis that natural categories have reference point stimuli in relation to which other stimuli of that same category are judged. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Color, Distance, Stimuli
Peer reviewedStreitfeld, Barbara; Wilson, Martha – Cognitive Psychology, 1986
This article investigates categorical perception as a phenomenon which can be understood in terms of adaptation level theory. Data from four experiments, two visual and two tactual-kinesthetic, supports the idea that categorical perception is a pervasive characteristic of perceptual organization. (JAZ)
Descriptors: Adaptation Level Theory, Higher Education, Kinesthetic Perception, Sensory Experience
