Subjectively Interpreted Shape Dimensions as Privileged and Orthogonal Axes in Mental Shape Space

Autor/inn/en	Ons, Bart; De Baene, Wouter; Wagemans, Johan
Titel	Subjectively Interpreted Shape Dimensions as Privileged and Orthogonal Axes in Mental Shape Space
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 37 (2011) 2, S.422-441 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0096-1523
DOI	10.1037/a0020405
Schlagwörter	Perception; Stimuli; Preferences; Graduate Students; Foreign Countries; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wahrnehmung; Anreizsystem; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Ausland; Belgien
Abstract	The shape of an object is fundamental in object recognition but it is still an open issue to what extent shape differences are perceived analytically (i.e., by the dimensional structure of the shapes) or holistically (i.e., by the overall similarity of the shapes). The dimensional structure of a stimulus is available in a primary stage of processing for separable dimensions, although it can also be derived cognitively from a perceived stimulus consisting of integral dimensions. Contrary to most experimental paradigms, the present study asked participants explicitly to analyze shapes according to two dimensions. The dimensions of interest were aspect ratio and medial axis curvature, and a new procedure was used to measure the participants' interpretation of both dimensions (Part I, Experiment 1). The subjectively interpreted shape dimensions showed specific characteristics supporting the conclusion that they also constitute perceptual dimensions with objective behavioral characteristics (Part II): (1) the dimensions did not correlate in overall similarity measures (Experiment 2), (2) they were more separable in a speeded categorization task (Experiment 3), and (3) they were invariant across different complex 2-D shapes (Experiment 4). The implications of these findings for shape-based object processing are discussed. (Contains 2 tables and 10 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10