In support
of hierarchy in object representations
Rob J. van Lier, Emanuel L. J. Leeuwenberg, Peter A. van der
Helm
Abstract.
Investigated the impact of hierarchy in object representations in 31 Ss
in 2 different experiments based on the primed matching paradigm. In
Exp 1,
the test pairs consisted of 2-dimensional line drawings of
3-dimensional objects;
each prime was a 2-dimensional face of such an object, corresponding to
either
the superstructure or the subordinate structure. Two priming conditions
were
employed. In the 'literal' condition, the object face was presented as
it
appeared in the drawing of the object (physical similarity). In the
'frontal'
condition, the object face was presented in the frontal-parallel plane
(representational
similarity). Object matching was found to be facilitated more by
priming
superstructures than by priming subordinate structures. In Exp 2, the
order
was reversed: the test pairs were composed of the object faces and the
object
drawings were taken as primes. Again, there were facilitating effects
for
both superstructures and subordinate structures, but this time without
differentiation
between superstructures and subordinate structures.
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Psychological
Research, 60, 134--143 (1997) |
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