Faculty

Social Science

Supervisor Name

Dr. John Paul Minda

Keywords

systematic review, categorization, cognitive psychology, modalities

Description

Category learning is a process through which common features among category members, distinctive features among non-members, or even both, are identified (Hammer et al., 2009). This process is a critical aspect of cognition and can guide decision making and information inference. Furthermore, category learning is involved among a large number of stimuli, including visual (Folstein et al., 2013), auditory (Ley et al., 2012), olfactory (Qu et al., 2016), and multisensory (Viganòa, Borghesani, & Piazza, 2021) stimuli.

The aim of this systematic review is to determine and qualitatively analyze studies that investigate the changes in the neural representations of stimuli that follow category learning. Specifically, the scope of this review will be limited to studies that collect neuroimaging data both pre and post category learning. And unlike most reviews to date, which have a focus on visual stimuli (Ashby & Maddox, 2011; Seger & Miller, 2010), category learning effects among the different sensory modalities will instead all similarly be analyzed and compared, thus allowing for greater generalization of findings.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank Dr. Minda and Anthony Cruz for guidance; the research team and the Minda Lab; and the following USRI Partners: Western Research, Western Libraries and Student Experience.

Document Type

Poster

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Neural representation of stimulus category membership across modalities

Category learning is a process through which common features among category members, distinctive features among non-members, or even both, are identified (Hammer et al., 2009). This process is a critical aspect of cognition and can guide decision making and information inference. Furthermore, category learning is involved among a large number of stimuli, including visual (Folstein et al., 2013), auditory (Ley et al., 2012), olfactory (Qu et al., 2016), and multisensory (Viganòa, Borghesani, & Piazza, 2021) stimuli.

The aim of this systematic review is to determine and qualitatively analyze studies that investigate the changes in the neural representations of stimuli that follow category learning. Specifically, the scope of this review will be limited to studies that collect neuroimaging data both pre and post category learning. And unlike most reviews to date, which have a focus on visual stimuli (Ashby & Maddox, 2011; Seger & Miller, 2010), category learning effects among the different sensory modalities will instead all similarly be analyzed and compared, thus allowing for greater generalization of findings.

 

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