•Main point
–Basic categories are
psychologically real.
•Experiments
–5 & 6 Prime with category name then compare/detect
with quick exposure.
–7 Category name is query compared to image, not
prime.
–1st task where
performance is best for basic categories.
–8 & 9 Children sort into basic categories
earlier.
–10 People name with basic categories.
–11 Children learn these words first.
–12 ASL is missing many subordinate and superordinate
words.