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Pattern Recognition

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Pattern Recognition   show
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Tachitoscope   show
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show An unanylized pattern that is matched against alternative patterns by using the degrees of overlap as a measure of similarity.  
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show The part of memory that hold unanalyzed sensory info for a fraction of a second, providing an opportunity for additional analysis following the physical termination of a stimulus.  
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show The amount of time b/t the end of a stimulus and the beginning of another stimulus.  
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Feature Theory   show
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Perceptual Confusion   show
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Distinctive Feature   show
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show An exaggeration of distinctive features to make a pattern more distinctive.  
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show A theory that specifies how the features of a pattern are joined to other features of the pattern.  
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show Different 3-D shapes that combine to form 3-D patterns.  
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show A task that requires observers to report everything they see in a display of items.  
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Partial-report Procedure   show
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show A sensory store that maintains visual information for approx. 1/4 of a second.  
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Rehersal   show
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show In Sperling's model: maintains verbal information in STM through rehersal.  
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Serial Processing   show
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Parallel Processing   show
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Scan Component   show
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show A procedure in which observers have to specify which of the two possible target patterns is present in a display.  
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show The finding that accuracy in recognizing a letter is higher when the letter is in a word than when it appears alone or is in a nonword.  
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show A theory that proposes that both feature knowledge and word knowledge combine to provide info about the ID of letters in a word.  
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show A positive association between concepts that belong together, as when a vertical line provides support for the possibility that a letter is K.  
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show A negative association b/t concepts that do not belong together, as when the presence of a vertical line provides negative evidence that a letter is a C.  
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Parallel Distributed Processing (PDP)   show
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show A theory in which concepts (nodes) are linked to other concepts through excitatory and inhibitory connections to approximate the behavior of neural networks in the brain.  
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Nodes   show
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Activation Rule   show
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