Posner & Keele (1968)

On the genesis of abstract ideas.

Journal of Experimental Psychology, 77(3, Pt.1), 353-363

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Posner, M. I., & Keele, S. W. (1968). On the genesis of abstract ideas. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 77(3, Pt.1), 353-363. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0025953

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Schema Formation Representational Structures

Measured in humans

The prototype-distortion paradigm tests schema formation directly: people study distorted versions of a pattern they never see, then classify new items, including the unseen prototype, to show what they abstracted