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Infants develop object categorization skills from perception to label-based concepts within their first year. A neural network model shows how labels influence perceived similarity, bridging perceptual and conceptual knowledge.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive development
  • Developmental psychology
  • Computational neuroscience

Background:

  • Infants' object knowledge evolves from feature recognition to attribute correlation and multi-source integration.
  • By the end of the first year, object representations are influenced by linguistic labels, facilitating conceptual development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the development of object knowledge and categorization in infants during the first year of life.
  • To present an artificial neural network model simulating the transition from perceptual to label-mediated categorization.
  • To investigate the role of labels in shaping perceived object similarity.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of infant object categorization development.
  • Development and analysis of a novel artificial neural network model.
  • Simulation of perceptual categorization and label-influenced similarity judgments.

Main Results:

  • Infants' object categorization progresses from perceptual to label-influenced stages within the first year.
  • The artificial neural network model successfully simulates the transition from perceptual to label-mediated categorization.
  • Labels, while not object features, significantly affect the perceived similarity of perceptually distinct objects.

Conclusions:

  • Object categorization in infants undergoes a significant transition influenced by language and labels.
  • The presented model offers insights into the mechanism by which labels shape conceptual understanding.
  • This work provides a foundational step towards an integrated model of perceptual categorization and language-based concept learning.