Chapter 9, Problem 9.3-1TY

Summary Introduction

Introduction

Proposed by Warrington and Shallice (1984), the sensory-functional (S-F) hypothesis relates to how people categorize and represent animated objects and living things. The S-F hypothesis states that one's ability to distinguish between inanimate and animate objects is determined by two systems, that is, one that distinguishes between sensory features and another that perceives functions.