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  • Title: The transfer of object learning across exemplars and their orientation is related to perceptual similarity.
    Author: Baeck A, Windey I, Op de Beeck HP.
    Journal: Vision Res; 2012 Sep 01; 68():40-7. PubMed ID: 22819729.
    Abstract:
    Recognition of objects improves after training. The exact characteristics of this visual learning process remain unclear. We examined to which extent object learning depends on the exact exemplar and orientation used during training. Participants were trained to name object pictures at as short a picture presentation time as possible. The required presentation time diminished over training. After training participants were tested with a completely new set of objects as well as with two variants of the trained object set, namely an orientation change and a change of the exact exemplar shown. Both manipulations led to a decrease in performance compared to the original picture set. Nevertheless, performance with the manipulated versions of the trained stimuli was better than performance with the completely new set, at least when only one manipulation was performed. Amount of transfer to new images of an object was related to perceptual similarity, but not to pixel overlap or to measurements of similarity in the different layers of a popular hierarchical object recognition model (HMAX). Thus, object learning generalizes only partially over changes in exemplars and orientation, which is consistent with the tuning properties of neurons in object-selective cortical regions and the role of perceptual similarity in these representations.
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