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The Influence of Pre-specified Targets on Categorisation Tasks

Natalie Doring1*, Anna Brooks1 and Rick Van Der Zwan1
  • 1 Southern Cross University, Department of Psychology, Australia

For human observers, the task of recognising faces involves exploiting low-level cues to rapidly discern higher-level social category membership, including race or species. Much of the research exploring this phenomenon employs pre-specified target categorisation tasks, yet the potential for variance across such tasks to impact upon outcomes remains relatively univestigated. With this in mind, we compared outcomes when performing two different types of face categorisation tasks: ³Target X or Target Y² versus ³Target X or not² and ³Target Y or not². Data reveal task-dependent differences, and the implications of these findings for models of vision-based categorisation are discussed.

Keywords: Perception, Vision, face perception, task analysis, Classification (Cognitive Process)

Conference: XII International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON-XII), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 27 Jul - 31 Jul, 2014.

Presentation Type: Poster

Topic: Sensation and Perception

Citation: Doring N, Brooks A and Van Der Zwan R (2015). The Influence of Pre-specified Targets on Categorisation Tasks. Conference Abstract: XII International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON-XII). doi: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2015.217.00130

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Received: 19 Feb 2015; Published Online: 24 Apr 2015.

* Correspondence: Ms. Natalie Doring, Southern Cross University, Department of Psychology, Coffs Harbour, Australia, n.doring.10@student.scu.edu.au