2007/04/01 by Emily Balcetis, Rick Dale · 1 citation
Psychology · Neuroscience · Mathematics · #Categorization, perception, and language #Language, Metaphor, and Cognition #Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies #Identification (biology) #Object (grammar) #Set (abstract data type) #Perception #Interpretation (philosophy) #Cognitive psychology #Constraint (computer-aided design) #Visual perception #Computer science #Psychology #Conceptual framework #Conceptual model #Natural language processing #Artificial intelligence #Mathematics #Epistemology #Neuroscience #Ecology
paper · doi:10.1068/p5678
openalex publication_date 2007/04/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Four studies are reported which demonstrate that indirectly, loosely related information, otherwise known as conceptual set, modulates object identification. Studies 1A and 1B demonstrate the impact of indirect, nonspecific, non-perceptual, conceptual primes on the interpretation of ambiguous visual figures. Study 2 demonstrates that indirect, conceptual information (category of farm animals) biases identification without requiring the activation of direct perceptual information (here the image of a horse). Study 3 uses a non-linguistic dependent measure to address the alternative explanation that language and not perception mediates the relationship between incidental conceptual prime and biased object identification. These results suggest that conceptual set constrains object identification.