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Feature creation as a byproduct of attentional processing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1998

Pierre Perruchet
Affiliation:
LEAD, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Bourgogne, 21000 Dijon, France perruche@u-borugogne.fr vinter@u-bourgogne.fr
Annie Vinter
Affiliation:
LEAD, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Bourgogne, 21000 Dijon, France perruche@u-borugogne.fr vinter@u-bourgogne.fr
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Abstract

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Attributing the creation of new features to categorization requirements implies that the exemplars displayed are correctly assigned to their category. This constraint limits the scope of Schyns et al.'s proposal to supervised learning. We present data suggesting that this constraint is unwarranted and we argue that feature creation is better thought of as a byproduct of the attentional, on-line processing of incoming information.

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© 1998 Cambridge University Press