细分作为数字认知中的瓶
Lauren S Aulet1, Jessica F Cantlon2
1Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 135 Hicks Way, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA. laulet@umass.edu.
Scientific reports
|November 29, 2025
概括
在现实世界的场景中,数字感知是具有挑战性的. 与简单的点数组相比,复杂的自然图像中的对象细分和遮显著损害了数值区分,影响了认知模型.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 视觉感知 视觉感知 视觉感知
- 数字认知 数字认知
背景情况:
- 经常假设数字感知的生态相关性,但很少用自然主义刺激来测试.
- 传统研究使用简化的刺激 (例如,点数组),限制了对现实世界数字处理的理解.
研究的目的:
- 研究自然主义视觉场景中的数值歧视.
- 将性能与传统刺激 (点数组) 进行比较,并评估复杂性和遮的影响.
主要方法:
- 成年参与者使用四种刺激类型执行数字歧视任务:点数组,噪音点数组,自然图像和伪自然图像.
- 刺激因对象数量,复杂性和遮水平而有所不同.
主要成果:
- 与点数组相比,自然主义和伪自然主义图像的数值区分精度明显较低.
- 在自然条件下的性能下降与增加的对象数量相关,并由对象封闭驱动.
- 相互作用表明,物体计数只会在存在遮蔽时影响性能.
结论:
- 对象细分,特别是与封闭,在复杂的场景中为数值歧视造成瓶.
- 目前的数字认知模型需要纳入场景解析的计算成本.
- 这些发现凸显了数字感知在混乱的现实环境中的生态局限性.
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