Publications by authors named "Jenna Croteau"
Object individuation studies have been a valuable tool in understanding the development of kind concepts. In this article, we review evidence from object individuation paradigms to argue that by their first birthday, infants represent at least three superordinate-level sortal kinds: OBJECT, ANIMATE, and AGENT (possibly also ARTIFACT). These superordinate sortal-kind concepts share key characteristics of adult kind concepts, such as prioritizing causal properties and having inductive potential.
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- The study explores how our brains represent numbers through a neurocomputational model called divisive normalization, linking continuous neural processing to discrete number perception.
- It tests the model's predictions by examining the coherence illusion, which causes us to underestimate the number of varied items in an array compared to uniform items.
- Experimental findings, including EEG data, support that different visual features (area and orientation) affected brain activity in distinct ways, validating the model's relevance in understanding how we perceive numerosity.