?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Interactions+Between+Perceptual+and+Conceptual+Learning&rft.creator=Goldstone%2C+Robert&rft.creator=Steyvers%2C+Mark&rft.creator=Spencer-Smith%2C+Jesse&rft.creator=Kersten%2C+Alan&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=Confusions+arise+when+'stable'+is+equated+with+'foundational.'+Spurred+on+by+the+image+of+a+house%60s+foundation%2C+it+is+tempting+to+think+that+something+provides+effective+support+to+the+extent+that+it+is+rigid+and+stable.+We+will+argue+that+when+considering+the+role+of+perception+in+grounding+our+concepts%2C+exactly+the+opposite+is+true.+Our+perceptual+system+supports+our+ability+to+acquire+new+concepts+by+being+flexibly+tuned+to+these+concepts.+Whereas+the+concepts+that+we+learn+are+certainly+influenced+by+our+perceptual+representations%2C+we+will+argue+that+these+perceptual+representations+are+also+influenced+by+the+learned+concepts.+In+keeping+with+one+of+the+central+themes+of+this+book%2C+behavioral+adaptability+is+completely+consistent+with+representationalism.+In+fact%2C+the+most+straightforward+account+of+our+experimental+results+is+that+concept+learning+can+produce+changes+in+perceptual+representations%2C+the+'vocabulary'+of+perceptual+features%2C+that+are+used+by+subsequent+tasks.+%0A%0AThis+chapter+reviews+theoretical+and+empirical+evidence+that+perceptual+vocabularies+used+to+describe+visual+objects+are+flexibly+adapted+to+the+demands+of+their+user.+We+will+extend+arguments+made+elsewhere+for+adaptive+perceptual+representations+(Goldstone%2C+Schyns%2C+%26+Medin%2C+1998%3B+Schyns%2C+Goldstone%2C+%26+Thibaut%2C+1998)%2C+and+discuss+research+from+our+laboratory+illustrating+specific+interactions+between+perceptual+and+conceptual+learning.+We+will+describe+computer+simulations+that+provide+accounts+of+these+interactions+using+neural+network+models.+These+models+have+detectors+that+become+increasingly+tuned+to+the+set+of+perceptual+features+that+support+concept+learning.+The+bulk+of+the+chapter+will+be+organized+around+mechanisms+of+human+perceptual+learning%2C+and+computer+simulations+of+these+mechanisms.&rft.publisher=Lawrence+Erlbaum+Associates&rft.contributor=Diettrich%2C+Eric&rft.contributor=Markman%2C+Arthur&rft.date=2000&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F908%2F2%2Finteractions.pdf&rft.identifier=++Goldstone%2C+Robert+and+Steyvers%2C+Mark+and+Spencer-Smith%2C+Jesse+and+Kersten%2C+Alan++(2000)+Interactions+Between+Perceptual+and+Conceptual+Learning.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F908%2F