Perceptual‐magnet effect as categorical perception

1997 ◽  
Vol 102 (5) ◽  
pp. 3093-3093
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Lotto ◽  
Lori L. Holt ◽  
Keith R. Kluender
Keyword(s):  
Categorical Perception ◽  
Magnet Effect ◽  
Perceptual Magnet Effect

Controlling the Magnification Factor of Self-Organizing Feature Maps

1996 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 757-771 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.-U. Bauer ◽  
R. Der
Keyword(s):  
Information Transfer ◽  
Categorical Perception ◽  
Feature Maps ◽  
Feature Map ◽  
Magnet Effect ◽  
Perceptual Magnet Effect ◽  
Optimal Value ◽  
Optimal Information ◽  
One Dimensional Maps ◽  
Self Organizing

The magnification exponents μ occurring in adaptive map formation algorithms like Kohonen's self-organizing feature map deviate for the information theoretically optimal value μ = 1 as well as from the values that optimize, e.g., the mean square distortion error (μ = 1/3 for one-dimensional maps). At the same time, models for categorical perception such as the "perceptual magnet" effect, which are based on topographic maps, require negative magnification exponents μ < 0. We present an extension of the self-organizing feature map algorithm, which utilizes adaptive local learning step sizes to actually control the magnification properties of the map. By change of a single parameter, maps with optimal information transfer, with various minimal reconstruction errors, or with an inverted magnification can be generated. Analytic results on this new algorithm are complemented by numerical simulations.

Measuring the perceptual magnet effect in the perception of /i/ by German listeners

1999 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugen Diesch ◽  
Paul Iverson ◽  
Andreas Kettermann ◽  
Claudia Siebert
Keyword(s):  
Magnet Effect ◽  
Perceptual Magnet Effect
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