| Abstract: | Correction Notice: An erratum for this article was reported in Vol 63(1) of Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale (see record 2009-03064-010). Figure 1 was printed incorrectly. The correct version of the experimental priming procedure of Figure 1 is provided in the erratum.] This study explores the influence of typical size during a categorization task. The specificity of this experimental work is based on the homogeneity of the graphic stimuli size. We have created a typical size standard of our stimuli, that concerns the real size of the objects represented by the drawings of homogeneous sizes. Then, a priming experiment was performed in which the prime and target drawings had two types of relations: a typical size, and a categorial. The participants are na?ve as to the typical size relation between prime and target. The results show a positive priming effect of the typical size but not of the category. The results are discussed in term of theoretical approach developed by Barsalou and his colleagues (1999, 2003). In this theoretical framework, the typical size can be considered as a perceptual knowledge. In that way, we propose that participants could automatically simulate the typical size as soon as they perceived the drawings of objects with homegenous sizes. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
