Affordances and Language: How the Level of Object Familiarity modulates the Manipulation and Categorization of Objects across Development

Rio, Laura (2021) Affordances and Language: How the Level of Object Familiarity modulates the Manipulation and Categorization of Objects across Development, [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Philosophy, science, cognition, and semiotics (pscs), 33 Ciclo. DOI 10.48676/unibo/amsdottorato/9959.
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Abstract

According to much evidence, observing objects activates two types of information: structural properties, i.e., the visual information about the structural features of objects, and function knowledge, i.e., the conceptual information about their skilful use. Many studies so far have focused on the role played by these two kinds of information during object recognition and on their neural underpinnings. However, to the best of our knowledge no study so far has focused on the different activation of this information (structural vs. function) during object manipulation and conceptualization, depending on the age of participants and on the level of object familiarity (familiar vs. non-familiar). Therefore, the main aim of this dissertation was to investigate how actions and concepts related to familiar and non-familiar objects may vary across development. To pursue this aim, four studies were carried out. A first study led to the creation of the Familiar and Non-Familiar Stimuli Database, a set of everyday objects classified by Italian pre-schoolers, schoolers, and adults, useful to verify how object knowledge is modulated by age and frequency of use. A parallel study demonstrated that factors such as sociocultural dynamics may affect the perception of objects. Specifically, data for familiarity, naming, function, using and frequency of use of the objects used to create the Familiar And Non-Familiar Stimuli Database were collected with Dutch and Croatian children and adults. The last two studies on object interaction and language provide further evidence in support of the literature on affordances and on the link between affordances and the cognitive process of language from a developmental point of view, supporting the perspective of a situated cognition and emphasizing the crucial role of human experience.

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Tipologia del documento
Tesi di dottorato
Autore
Rio, Laura
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Dottorato di ricerca
Ciclo
33
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Settore disciplinare
Settore concorsuale
Parole chiave
affordance; language; development; object concept; manipulation; embodied cognition; structural properties; function knowledge; children; adults; preadolescence; object familiarity; developmental stage; object database; age; familiar objects; non-familiar objects; categorization; conceptual relationship
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10.48676/unibo/amsdottorato/9959
Data di discussione
18 Ottobre 2021
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