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    "pk": 49921,
    "title": "Label Similarity and Stimulus Similarity Interact in Categorization",
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    "abstract": "When learning to categorize stimuli, do we assume similar things should have similar labels? Are people more likely to respond with closer labels (e.g. 2-1 vs 2-4) when stimuli are more similar to each other? Across five experiments, we report evidence of such a bias and demonstrate that it can surface across a wide range of stimulus modalities and features, and persists regardless of participants' prior knowledge of the dimensions relevant for categorization. We also characterize some of the limits of this effect: it appears sensitive to the specific configuration of label-stimulus mappings, and may depend on overt similarity relations in label space. At minimum, our findings indicate the need to consider label-stimulus configurations when designing categorization experiments. They also hint more broadly at how label-to-stimulus mappings may affect how we structure novel categories.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Psychology; Analogy; Concepts and categories; Embodied Cognition; Language and thought"
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    "section": "Papers with Poster Presentation",
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            "first_name": "Wesley",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Leong",
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            "institution": "University of Connecticut",
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        {
            "first_name": "Casey",
            "middle_name": "L",
            "last_name": "Roark",
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            "institution": "University of New Hampshire",
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            "first_name": "EILING",
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            "last_name": "YEE",
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            "institution": "University of Connecticut",
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    "date_submitted": null,
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    "date_published": "2025-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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