Psychology 2135A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Visual Cortex, Anomic Aphasia, Lady Gaga

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2135A/B
• Professor: Graeme Haynes

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Any concept has no single best representation: all examples form a constant. Make category judgement by comparing new stance with stored memories for other instances. Any member of the category that you encountered in the past has its own unique representation. If item matches any memories, then it fits the same category as the memory matched. Which theory is correct: answer: both. We rely on prototypes and exemplars in thinking about categories. Rely on same processes: trigger of a memory, judgement of resemblance, conclusion based on resemblance. Participants classified prototypes faster when presented to right visual field. Classified exemplars faster when presented to the left visual field. Category-specific deficit (anomia: an inability to recognize/ name objects in a particular category (but ability not impaired for other categories) Depends largely where the brain damage occurs. Judge(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts guided (cid:271)y you(cid:396) se(cid:374)se of (cid:449)hat"s essential for a category.