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Roads, Brett David – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Visual categorization is ubiquitous in many professions, yet training programs are typically time- and effort-intensive. This work focuses on developing methods to improve human learning and performance on challenging visual categorization tasks, e.g., bird species identification, diagnostic dermatology. As part of the general approach, we infer…
Descriptors: Visual Learning, Concept Formation, Visual Perception, Cognitive Processes
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Scott, Lisa S. – Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2011
The effects of individual versus category training, using behavioral indices of stimulus discrimination and neural ERPs indices of holistic processing, were examined in infants. Following pretraining assessments at 6 months, infants were sent home with training books of objects for 3 months. One group of infants was trained with six different…
Descriptors: Infants, Cognitive Processes, Brain, Training
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Hurford, David P.; Sanders, Raymond E. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1995
Ten second graders with reading disabilities were presented with the visual analog of an auditory phonological training approach (intrasyllable discrimination) previously studied. Results indicated that children receiving the intervention significantly improved their phonological processing abilities. (SLD)
Descriptors: Coding, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Davis, J. Kent – 1967
Two experiments studied the influence of an individual's cognitive style on concept identification. Subjects were high school males, classified into levels of cognitive style according to their performance on the Hidden Figures Test. For the first experiment, three non-overlapping groups of 30 each were required to classify figural patterns, which…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, High School Students