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Feature learning during the acquisition of perceptual expertise

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1998

Pepper Williams ,
Isabel Gauthier  and
Michael J. Tarr
Pepper Williams
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA 02125 pepper@umbsky.cc.umb.edu psych.umb.edu/faculty/williams/williams.htm
Isabel Gauthier
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 isabel.gauthier@yale.edu www.cog.brown.edu/brochure/people/mgt/peoplegauthier.html
Michael J. Tarr
Affiliation:
Department of Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 michael_tarr@brown.edu www.cog.brown.edu/tarr.html
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Abstract

Does feature evolution stop once we have acquired sufficient features to perform a recognition task? With extended practice, novices may develop a more sophisticated feature space that allows them to perform more accurately or quickly. Our work on perceptual expertise indicates that feature learning and reorganization can continue even after an initial set of features is available to represent a novel class of objects.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , February 1998 , pp. 40 - 41
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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