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    "pk": 27400,
    "title": "Part-whole categorization is culture-specific",
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    "abstract": "We present two experiments on the role of culture in the\ncategorization of object part-whole structures. A triadic\ncategorization task pitted shape against function as factors\ndriving similarity judgments on selected parts of different\ntypes of objects. Speakers of American English were\nsignificantly more likely than speakers of two indigenous\nlanguages of Mexico, Tseltal Maya and Isthmus Zapotec, to\nchoose categorization by function, even when familiarity of\nthe various stimulus objects was factored in. In the second\nstudy, members of the two indigenous groups matched parts\nof a doll to parts of novel objects of unfamiliar shape. The\nTseltal participants were significantly more likely to match\naccording to a shape-analytical algorithm rather than global\nanalogy, consistent with predictions based on prevalent\nstrategies in verbal part labeling in the two languages. We\nconclude that while cognition of object parts undoubtedly has\na strong biological basis, there are also robust cultural effects.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "object mereology; meronymy; shape perception;\nfunction; cross-cultural research"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Posters: Papers",
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        {
            "first_name": "Timothy",
            "middle_name": "J.",
            "last_name": "Tilbe",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University at Buffalo",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Jürgen",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Bohnemeyer",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University at Buffalo",
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        },
        {
            "first_name": "Gabriela",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Pérez Báez",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "National Museum of Natural History",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Dedre",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Gentner",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Northwestern University",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2017-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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