Visual categorization: when categories fall to pieces.
We cannot help but categorize the visual world into objects like cats and faces. An intriguing new study shows that observers automatically discover informative fragments of visual objects during category learning.
Vuong
Quoc C
QC
Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK. Electronic address: q.c.vuong@ncl.ac.uk.
D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*