title: Mere exposure alters category learning of novel objects.
abstract: We investigated how mere exposure to complex objects with correlated or uncorrelated object features affects later category learning of new objects not seen during exposure. Correlations among pre-exposed object dimensions influenced later category learning. Unlike other published studies, the collection of pre-exposed objects provided no information regarding the categories to be learned, ruling out unsupervised or incidental category learning during pre-exposure. Instead, results are interpreted with respect to statistical learning mechanisms, providing one of the first demonstrations of how statistical learning can influence visual object learning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Folstein
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gauthier
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Palmeri