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What is structural similarity and is it greater in living things?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 November 2001

Keith R. Laws
Keith R. Laws
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, London Guildhall University, London E1 7NT, United Kingdomklaws@lgu.ac.uk
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Abstract

Humphreys and Forde (H&F) propose that greater within- category structural similarity makes living things more difficult to name. However, recent studies show that normal subjects find it easier to name living than nonliving things when these are matched across category for potential artefacts. Additionally, at the level of single pixels, visual overlap appears to be greater for nonliving things.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , June 2001 , pp. 486 - 487
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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