Within-category discontinuity interacts with verbal rule complexity in perceptual category learning (2007)
| Venue: | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition |
| Citations: | 4 - 3 self |
BibTeX
@ARTICLE{Maddox07within-categorydiscontinuity,
author = {W. Todd Maddox and J. Vincent Filoteo and J. Scott Lauritzen},
title = {Within-category discontinuity interacts with verbal rule complexity in perceptual category learning},
journal = {Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition},
year = {2007},
pages = {197--218}
}
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Abstract
A test of the predicted interaction between within-category discontinuity and verbal rule complexity on information-integration and rule-based category learning was conducted. Within-category discontinuity adversely affected information-integration category learning but not rule-based category learning. Modelbased analyses suggested that some information-integration participants improved performance by recruiting more “units ” in the discontinuous condition. Verbal rule complexity adversely affected rule-based category learning but not information-integration category learning. Model-based analyses suggested that the rule based effect was on both decision criterion learning and variability in decision criterion placement. These results suggest that within-category discontinuity and decision rule complexity differentially impact information-integration and rule-based category learning and provide information







