Typicality and Object Reference

Margaret Ann Mitchell; Ehud Baruch Reiter; Kees van Deemter

Typicality and Object Reference

Margaret Ann Mitchell, Ehud Baruch Reiter, Kees van Deemter

Computing Science

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Published conference contribution

16 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Does the typicality of an object affect how we identify it?
When we produce initial reference to a visible object, we are
influenced by a variety of factors, including what is visually
salient (bottom-up influences) as well as our previous experiences
with the object (top-down influences). In this study, we
seek to understand how the top-down influence of typicality
affects initial reference to an object. We use real world, everyday
objects, and focus on the visual properties of SHAPE and
MATERIAL. Our findings suggest that there is a tendency to
select the atypical over the typical. But we have only begun
to scratch the surface of understanding reference to real world
objects. The corresponding annotated corpus from this study
will be made available for future research on modeling reference
in visual domains.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Cooperative Minds: Social Interaction and Group Dynamics
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society
Editors	Markus Knauff, Michael Pauen, Natalie Sebanz, Ipke Wachsmuth
Place of Publication	Austin, TX
Publisher	Cognitive Science Society
Pages	3062-3067
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	978-0-9768318-9-1
Publication status	Published - Aug 2013
Event	35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society - Berlin, Germany Duration: 31 Jul 2013 → 3 Aug 2013

Conference

Conference	35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Berlin
Period	31/07/13 → 3/08/13

Keywords

referring expressions
psycholinguistic experiment

Cite this

Typicality and Object Reference. / Mitchell, Margaret Ann; Reiter, Ehud Baruch; van Deemter, Kees.
Cooperative Minds: Social Interaction and Group Dynamics: Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. ed. / Markus Knauff; Michael Pauen; Natalie Sebanz; Ipke Wachsmuth. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society, 2013. p. 3062-3067.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Published conference contribution

Mitchell, MA, Reiter, EB & van Deemter, K 2013, Typicality and Object Reference. in M Knauff, M Pauen, N Sebanz & I Wachsmuth (eds), Cooperative Minds: Social Interaction and Group Dynamics: Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society, Austin, TX, pp. 3062-3067, 35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Berlin, Germany, 31/07/13.

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