The information content of scene categories
Publication Title
Psychology of Learning and Motivation - Advances in Research and Theory
Document Type
Book Chapter - Open Access
Department or Program
Neuroscience
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Keywords
Categories, Information, Objects, Scenes
Abstract
Visual scenes, like other natural kinds, have a rich category structure. How do observers use this structure to aid perception? In this chapter, I will examine the link between scene category labels and perceptual processes. Scenes in the same category tend to share a number of features that can help the observer classify the scene. However, this process is bi-directional: given a scene label, observers are better able to classify visual content. Altogether, these results illustrate that visual perception and semantic knowledge are intimately connected, and that shared information between the two help disambiguate the complexities of the visual world.
Recommended Citation
Greene, M. R. (2019). The information content of scene categories. In K. D. Federmeier and D. M. Beck (Eds.), Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Volume 70 "Knowledge and Vision," 161-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.plm.2019.03.004