Absence of cross-modality analogical transfer in perceptual categorization

Edmunds, C.E.R; Inkster, A.B; Jones, P.M; Milton, F; Wills, A.J

Abstract

Analogical transfer has been previously reported to occur between rule-based, but not information-integration, perceptual category structures (Casale, Roeder, \& Ashby, 2012). The current study investigated whether a similar pattern of results would be observed in cross-modality transfer. Participants were trained on either a rule-based structure, or an information-integration structure, using visual stimuli. They were then tested on auditory stimuli that had the same underlying abstract category structure. Transfer performance was assessed relative to a control group who did not receive training on the visual stimuli. No cross-modality transfer was found, irrespective of the category structure employed.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Aug 7, 2020
• Publication Date: 2020
• Deposit Date: Mar 7, 2025
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 11, 2025
• Journal: Open Journal of Experimental Psychology and Neuroscience
• Publisher: Nurture Science Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 1
• Pages: 3-13
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.46221/ojepn.2020.8639
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/13780816
• Publisher URL: http://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/15012/