Experience Dependent Object Perception
Experience Dependent Object Perception. Richard Zemel Computer Science Department University of Toronto. Two Sets of Experiments. 1. To what degree is object perception invariant? Familiarity Naming Reference-Frames. . 2. What is the role of experience in completion?
Experience Dependent Object Perception
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Experience Dependent Object Perception Richard Zemel Computer Science Department University of Toronto
Two Sets of Experiments 1. To what degree is object perception invariant? Familiarity Naming Reference-Frames .2. What is the role of experience in completion? Novel occluded shapes Occlusion without occluders
Collaborators • Mary Peterson • Larry James • Dave Towers • Marlene Behrmann • Mike Mozer • Daphne Bevalier
Familiarity: Methods • Training Phase: 16 stimuli, fixed locations • passive viewing (6 blocks) • active: old/new discrimination (2 blocks) • [repeat] • Testing Phase (2 blocks) • new trials -- 16 distractors • old trials -- half of learned objects: • stay in learned location • shift to diagonally-opposite location
Naming: Methods • Training Phase [8 rounds]: 8 named objects • passive [2 blocks]: (160 ms) GIX(500 ms) • active [1 block]: (160 ms) keyboard (feedback) • Testing Phase [6 rounds]: half shift sides, half stay • passive [2 blocks] • active [1 block]: (no feedback)
Reference-Frames: Methods • Training Phase [2 rounds]: 16 objects • passive [6 blocks]: • active [2 blocks]: old/new(f-back) • Testing Phase: same/different retinal & screen locs • active [2 blocks]: old-new
Experience Dependence When Objects Irrelevant? • Many properties of objects not invariant, but rather depend on experience • Evidence from experiments in which object memory directly relevant to task • Is experience important when the object is unnecessary to accomplish task?
Completion without occluder? Subjects complete fragments given experience with potential linking shape: Is evidence of occlusion required?
Completion w/o occluder: Methods • Phase 1: Ends displays • Phase 2: V displays • Phase 3: Ends and Vs
Conclusions • Memories of novel objects are specific to learned locations • Both retinal & screen coordinates involved, so not just episodic memory • Object attention applies to recently viewed novel shapes • Experience-dependent object effects can apply to fragments without occluder
Current Directions • Duration of effects • Generalization • Amount of experience required