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Rediscovering Symbols: The Role of Category Labels in Similarity Judgment
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- Issue Date
- 2008
- Citation
- Journal of Cognitive Science, Vol.9 No.2, pp. 89-109
- Keywords
- Labeling ; Stimulus similarity ; Visual discrimination ; Concepts ; Choice behavior
- Abstract
- Traditionally, category labels were treated as indices pointing to the content
of categories, and the role of category labels in similarity judgment has been
deemed secondary. This study focused on the symbolic property associated with
category labels and investigated why category labels influence similarity
judgment. In two experiments, the authors employed morphed pictures of
animal tissues and contrasted the effect of indexical labels and symbolic labels
on similarity judgments. The results from the experiments suggest that the
influence of category labels on similarity judgment partly comes from their
symbolic properties. Category labels evoke background knowledge and
highlight interconnections with other labels. This symbolic property plays a
critical role in the influence of category labels on similarity judgment.
- ISSN
- 1598-2327
- Language
- English
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