对几何形状规律性的敏感性是独立于视觉而出现的
Andrea Adriano1, Mathias Sablé-Meyer1,2,3, Lorenzo Ciccione1,2
1Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, CEA, INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay, NeuroSpin center, Gif/Yvette, France.
Open mind : discoveries in cognitive science
|November 17, 2025
概括
几何规律效应,即正规形状更容易处理,存在于盲人中. 这表明,感知几何规律的能力是独立于视力而发展的.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
背景情况:
- 几何规律效应证明了人类比不规则形状更容易处理正规四边形的能力.
- 这种效应与一个抽象的模态思维语言 (LoT) 联系在一起,支持符号表示和数学能力.
- 之前的研究在人类中发现了这种效应,但在非人类灵长类动物中没有发现,这表明人类具有独特的认知能力.
研究的目的:
- 调查几何规律效应是否存在于先天盲人中.
- 测试几何规律感知是独立于视觉输入的假设.
- 探索抽象的amodal表示在感官模式的形状感知中的作用.
主要方法:
- 视觉四边入侵者任务的触觉版本被给予先天盲人和有视力 (蒙眼) 的成年人.
- 参与者在类似的形状中发现了一个偏差的触觉形状,并评价了他们的信心.
- 对表现进行了分析,以确定两组的几何规律效应.
主要成果:
- 盲人和有视力参与者都在触觉领域表现出几何规律效应.
- 盲人参与者的效果与以前在视觉领域的发现相关.
- 象征性思维语言 (LoT) 模型比视觉卷积神经网络 (CNN) 模型更好地预测盲人参与者的表现.
结论:
- 在没有视觉的情况下,几何规律效应会发展并持续存在.
- 这一发现支持了抽象的假设,模态表示系统是几何感知的基础.
- 几何规律感知是一种基本的人类能力,不仅仅依赖于视觉体验.
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