Humans classify and cluster data using prototype and exemplar-based mechanisms
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SUPPORTED
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Cognitive psychology widely recognizes both prototype and exemplar-based mechanisms as foundational theoretical frameworks for modeling how humans classify and cluster data.
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Monte Carlo approaches to model selection: Application to the prototype and exemplar models of categorization
2025 · cited by 1
Compares prototype and exemplar models of categorization as established computational cognitive frameworks.
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Monte Carlo approaches to model selection: Application to the prototype and exemplar models of categorization
2025 · cited by 0
Discusses prototype and exemplar models as standard categorization frameworks in cognitive modeling.
Monte Carlo approaches to model selection: Application to the prototype and exemplar models of categorization
2026 · cited by 0
Revisits prototype and exemplar models of categorization in cognitive and mathematical psychology.
Capturing human categorization of natural images by combining deep networks and cognitive models.
2020 · cited by 0
Shows that human categorization can be effectively captured using prototype and memory-based exemplar models.
Exemplar-based accounts of "multiple-system" phenomena in perceptual categorization.
2000 · cited by 0
Evaluates prototype and exemplar-based interpretations in perceptual classification and categorization phenomena.
Heterogeneous Proxytypes Extended: Integrating Theory-like Representations and Mechanisms with Prototypes and Exemplars
2019 · cited by 0
Integrates prototype and exemplar-based theories of conceptual representation and reasoning.