Overcoming default categorical bias in spatial memory |
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Authors: | Cristina Sampaio Ranxiao Frances Wang |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, USA;(2) Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, USA |
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Abstract: | In the present study, we investigated whether a strong default categorical bias can be overcome in spatial memory by using
alternative membership information. In three experiments, we tested location memory in a circular space while providing participants
with an alternative categorization. We found that visual presentation of the boundaries of the alternative categories (Experiment
1) did not induce the use of the alternative categories in estimation. In contrast, visual cuing of the alternative category
membership of a target (Experiment 2) and unique target feature information associated with each alternative category (Experiment 3)
successfully led to the use of the alternative categories in estimation. Taken together, the results indicate that default
categorical bias in spatial memory can be overcome when appropriate cues are provided. We discuss how these findings expand
the category adjustment model (Huttenlocher, Hedges, & Duncan, 1991) in spatial memory by proposing a retrieval-based category
adjustment (RCA) model. |
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