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Ss (N = 66), discriminating among patterns representing different schema families, performed better when pretrained with patterns having another schema than when pretrained with random patterns. This result indicates that humans discriminate dimensional aspects (concept of a schema) of stimuli rather than discrete cues.
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Edmonds, E.M., Mueller, M.R. The role of schemata in perceptual learning. Psychon Sci 8, 239–240 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331640
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