semantic categorisation and movement
Kerry Bennett
kerryb at gas.sci.monash.edu.au
Sun Oct 6 19:24:25 EST 1996
kenneth paul collins wrote:
>
> Michael A. Lebedev, Ph.D. wrote:
> >
> > An alternative interpretation:
> >
> > Pictures with living objects are just the one that can be recognized
> > easier. All these rabbits, elephants, ducks etc. are less living
> > objects per se than they are symbols that we encounter every day in our
> > lives (merchandise symbolics, cartoons, etc.). On the other hand, the
> > non-living objects that you showed might have been from a less
> > frequently used set of symbols.
> >
> > Michael
>
> your point is well-taken... I'd overlooked the possibility that there might
> be a "secondary" correlation in my prior response...
>
> Kerry says that "familiarity" was controlled, though... I'm ready to beg a
> ticket to Austrailia to have a first-hand look at the experiemntal trials :-)
> ken collins
Kerry Bennett writes - I am looking forward to any visits!!
> _____________________________________________________
> People hate because they fear, and they fear because
> they do not understand, and they do not understand
> because hating is less work than understanding.
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