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Adults were tested for recognition of incomplete line drawings of common objects after they had been given prior experience with more complete representations of those objects or with the word names of those objects. Groups trained on the more complete representations of the drawings recognized significantly more of the test displays than did control Ss given no prior experience. Ss trained on word names did not differ significantly from controls in the number of incomplete displays recognized.
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1. The preparation of this report was supported by Contract No. PH 43 65-1011 between NICHHD and the Fels Research Institute.
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Gollin, E.S. Word labels and perceptual recognition. Psychon Sci 7, 63–64 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331079
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