What makes an object complex? Complexity comes in many different forms. Some objects are visually complex but mechanistically simple (e.g., a hairbrush). Other objects are the opposite; they look simple but work in a complex way (e.g., an iPhone). Is one kind of complexity more fundamental to how we represent, attend to, and remember objects? Although most existing psychological research on complexity focuses on visual complexity, we argue that mechanistic complexity may be more consequential: Across five preregistered experiments (N = 780 adults), we show that mechanistic complexity not only predicts explicit judgments but also drives visual attention and memory. Thus, representations of object complexity-and object representations more broadly-rely on more than just external appearance. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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机制复杂性是根本：来自判断、注意力和记忆的证据。


是什么使对象复杂？复杂性有许多不同的形式。有些对象在视觉上很复杂，但在机制上很简单（例如，梳子）。其他对象则相反;它们看起来很简单，但工作方式很复杂（例如，iPhone ）。对于我们如何表示、关注和记住物体来说，有一种复杂性更为根本吗？尽管大多数现有的关于复杂性的心理学研究都集中在视觉复杂性上，但我们认为机制复杂性可能更重要：在五个预先注册的实验（N = 780 名成年人）中，我们表明机制复杂性不仅可以预测明确的判断，还可以驱动视觉注意力和记忆。因此，对象复杂性的表示形式和对象表示形式更广泛地依赖于的不仅仅是外观。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 （c） 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。