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Perceptual Representation of Categories by Mariela Destefano is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This chapter discusses theories that mental categories are represented through perceptual and sensory-motor mechanisms. Several lines of evidence are presented to support this view: 1) Behavioral studies show interactions between cognition and perception/action, suggesting shared mechanisms. Processing is affected by overlap in perceptual features between mental representations and visual stimuli. 2) Neuroscientific research provides evidence that sensory-motor brain areas are involved in cognition. 3)

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Mariela Destefano

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