%A Folstein,Jonathan %A Gauthier,Isabel %A Palmeri,Thomas %D 2010 %J Frontiers in Psychology %C %F %G English %K category learning,object learning,pre-exposure,statistical learning %Q %R 10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00040 %W %L %M %P %7 %8 2010-August-10 %9 Original Research %+ Jonathan Folstein,Vanderbilt University,Department of Psychology,Nashville,United States,jonathan.r.folstein@gmail.com %# %! MERE EXPOSURE AND CATEGORY LEARNING %* %< %T Mere Exposure Alters Category Learning of Novel Objects %U https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00040 %V 1 %0 JOURNAL ARTICLE %@ 1664-1078 %X We investigated how mere exposure to complex objects with correlated or uncorrelated object features affects later category learning of new objects not seen during exposure. Correlations among pre-exposed object dimensions influenced later category learning. Unlike other published studies, the collection of pre-exposed objects provided no information regarding the categories to be learned, ruling out unsupervised or incidental category learning during pre-exposure. Instead, results are interpreted with respect to statistical learning mechanisms, providing one of the first demonstrations of how statistical learning can influence visual object learning.