Priming and recognition of transformed three-dimensional objects: effects of size and reflection.
In 2 experiments exploring memory for unfamiliar 3-dimensional objects, Ss studied drawings under conditions that encouraged encoding of global object structure. Implicit memory for objects was assessed by a judgment of structural possibility; explicit memory was assessed by recognition. The principal manipulation was the relationship between the sizes or the left-right parities of the studied and tested objects. Priming was observed on the possible-impossible object decision task despite transformations of size or reflection. Recognition, by contrast, was significantly impaired by the transformations. These results suggest that a structural description system constructs representations of objects invariant over size and reflection, whereas a separable episodic system encodes these transformations as properties of an object's distinctive representation in memory.
Cooper
L A
LA
Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027.
Schacter
D L
DL
Ballesteros
S
S
Moore
C
C
D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D003867:Depth Perception; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D005260:Female; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D009903:Optical Illusions; D009949:Orientation; D011601:Psychophysics; D012858:Size Perception