title: A rule-based presentation order facilitates category learning.
abstract: We investigated the mechanisms by which concepts are learned from examples by manipulating the presentation order in which the examples were presented to subjects. We introduce the idea of a rule-based presentation order, which is a sequence that respects the internal organization of the examples within a category. We find that such an order substantially facilitates learning, as compared with previously known beneficial orders, such as a similarity-based order. We discuss this result in light of the central distinction between rule-based and similarity-based learning models.
authors: Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France. fabien.mathy@univ-fcomte.fr
authors: Fabien
authors: F
authors: Mathy
authors: Jacob
authors: J
authors: Feldman
mesh_terms: D001245:Association Learning; D001288:Attention; D003118:Color Perception; D003210:Concept Formation; D003657:Decision Making; D030141:Feedback, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012691:Serial Learning; D012718:Set, Psychology; D012858:Size Perception