?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Generation+of+Conceptual+Gists+of+Abstract+Patterns&rft.creator=Beeckmans%2C+John&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=A+short+study+was+made+on+the+generation+of+conceptual+gists+of+two+abstract+stimuli+containing+either+66+or+200+circles+in+a+range+of+sizes+arranged+in+symmetric+patterns.+Distributions+of+estimates+the+numerousness+of+the+circles%2C+made+by+groups+of+subjects+following+either+95+ms+or+2+s+exposures+had+realistic+average+values%2C+and+were+comparable+between+groups%2C+indicating+that+gists+of+the+principal+geometrical+features+of+the+stimuli+were+captured+and+consolidated+into+long-term+memory+on+the+basis+of+a+single+fixation.+Implications+of+this+finding+for+the+controversy+on+the+nature+of+the+coding+of+images+and+for+the+minimalist+vision+hypothesis+are+discussed.&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1173%2F1%2Fgist.htm&rft.identifier=++Beeckmans%2C+John++(2001)+Generation+of+Conceptual+Gists+of+Abstract+Patterns.+++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1173%2F