Abstract

The substantial dependents of perceptual processing on one’s prior conceptual set is by now a familiar theme. I here explore the possibility of radical changes in the character and content of one’s perceptual processing, changes occasioned by radical changes in one’s background conceptual framework. Recent research into learning, categorization, and perception in artificial and neural nets provides new ground for this exploration and new insights into the nature of both conceptual and perceptual plasticity in living creatures.

© 1988 Optical Society of America