?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+very+same+thing%3A+Extending+the+object+token+concept+to+incorporate+causal+constraints+on+individual+identity&rft.creator=Fields%2C+Chris&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.description=The+contributions+of+feature+recognition%2C+object+categorization%2C+and+recollection+of+episodic+memories+to+the+re-identification+of+a+perceived+object+as+the+very+same+thing+encountered+in+a+previous+perceptual+episode+are+well+understood+in+terms+of+both+cognitive-behavioral+phenomenology+and+neurofunctional+implementation.++Human+beings+do+not%2C+however%2C+rely+solely+on+features+and+context+to+re-identify+individuals%3B+in+the+presence+of+featural+change+and+similarly-featured+distractors%2C+people+routinely+employ+causal+constraints+to+establish+object+identities.++Based+on+available+cognitive+and+neurofunctional+data%2C+the+standard+object-token+based+model+of+individual+re-identification+is+extended+to+incorporate+the+construction+of+unobserved+and+hence+fictive+causal+histories+(FCHs)+of+observed+objects+by+the+pre-motor+action+planning+system.++Cognitive-behavioral+and+implementation-level+predictions+of+this+extended+model+and+methods+for+testing+them+are+outlined.++It+is+suggested+that+functional+deficits+in+the+construction+of+FCHs+are+associated+with+clinical+outcomes+in+both+Autism+Spectrum+Disorders+and+later-stage+stage+Alzheimer's+disease.%0D%0A&rft.date=2011-04-25&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7298%2F1%2Fidentity-pre-110425.pdf&rft.identifier=++Fields%2C+Chris++(2011)+The+very+same+thing%3A+Extending+the+object+token+concept+to+incorporate+causal+constraints+on+individual+identity.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7298%2F