?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+GIST+of+Concepts+&rft.creator=Vigo+%2C+Dr.++Ronaldo+&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Complexity+Theory&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=A+unified+general+theory+of+human+concept+learning+based+on+the+idea+that+humans+detect+invariance+patterns+in+categorical+stimuli+as+a+necessary+precursor+to+concept+formation+is+proposed+and+tested.+In+GIST+(generalized+invariance+structure+theory)+invariants+are+detected+via+a+perturbation+mechanism+of+dimension+suppression+referred+to+as+dimensional+binding.+Structural+information+acquired+by+this+process+is+stored+as+a+compound+memory+trace+termed+an+ideotype.+Ideotypes+inform+the+subsystems+that+are+responsible+for+learnability+judgments%2C+rule+formation%2C+and+other+types+of+concept+representations.+We+show+that+GIST+is+more+general+(e.g.%2C+it+works+on+continuous%2C+semi-continuous%2C+and+binary+stimuli)+and+makes+much+more+accurate+predictions+than+the+leading+models+of+concept+learning+difficulty%2Csuch+as+those+based+on+a+complexity+reduction+principle+(e.g.%2C+number+of+mental+models%2Cstructural+invariance%2C+algebraic+complexity%2C+and+minimal+description+length)+and+those+based+on+selective+attention+and+similarity+(GCM%2C+ALCOVE%2C+and+SUSTAIN).+GIST+unifies+these+two+key+aspects+of+concept+learning+and+categorization.+Empirical+evidence+from+three%0D%0Aexperiments+corroborates+the+predictions+made+by+the+theory+and+its+core+model+which+we+propose+as+a+candidate+law+of+human+conceptual+behavior.&rft.publisher=Elsevier+&rft.date=2013&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9055%2F1%2FRVigo%2520%25282013%2529%2520GIST%2520of%2520concepts.pdf&rft.identifier=++Vigo+%2C+Dr.+Ronaldo+++(2013)+The+GIST+of+Concepts.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9055%2F