Abstract
Bounded and unbounded events differ in whether they include an inherent endpoint (Bach, 1986). Even though this distinction can be important for the way events are identified and processed, the literature on event cognition has not focused on such abstract aspects of event structure. In the present study, we asked whether viewers are sensitive to the distinction between bounded and unbounded events in a category learning task. Our results show that people were more successful in forming the category of bounded events than that of unbounded events. We discuss implications of this finding for event cognition.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | CogSci 2017 - Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society |
| Subtitle of host publication | Computational Foundations of Cognition |
| Publisher | The Cognitive Science Society |
| Pages | 594-599 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780991196760 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition, CogSci 2017 - London, United Kingdom Duration: 26 Jul 2017 → 29 Jul 2017 |
Publication series
| Name | CogSci 2017 - Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition |
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Conference
| Conference | 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition, CogSci 2017 |
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| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | London |
| Period | 26/07/17 → 29/07/17 |
Keywords
- boundedness
- endpoint
- event structure
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Ji, Y., & Papafragou, A. (2017). Viewers' Sensitivity to Abstract Event Structure. In CogSci 2017 - Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition (pp. 594-599). (CogSci 2017 - Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition). The Cognitive Science Society.