Movement and Event Perception

Shiffrar, Maggie

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“…One impressive illustration of the functional role of shared representations between perception and action is provided by the so-called "apparent motion phenomena," that is, the subjective visual impression resulting from the sequential presentation of static objects in different spatial locations. When presented with sequential static images of an inanimate object in different positions, the object is perceived as moving along the shortest or more direct path even when such a route would be physically impossible, for example, when it would require one object to pass through another object (Shiffrar 2001). Thus, the visual system seems to be biased toward selecting the simplest interpretation of the image when it involves inanimate objects.…”

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The Theory of Event Coding (TEC): A framework for perception and action planning

Müsseler²,

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Traditional approaches to human information processing tend to deal with perception and action planning in isolation, so that an adequate account of the perception-action interface is still missing. On the perceptual side, the dominant cognitive view largely underestimates, and thus fails to account for, the impact of action-related processes on both the processing of perceptual information and on perceptual learning. On the action side, most approaches conceive of action planning as a mere continuation of stimulus processing, thus failing to account for the goal-directedness of even the simplest reaction in an experimental task. We propose a new framework for a more adequate theoretical treatment of perception and action planning, in which perceptual contents and action plans are coded in a common representational medium by feature codes with distal reference. Perceived events (perceptions) and to-be-produced events (actions) are equally represented by integrated, task-tuned networks of feature codes – cognitive structures we call event codes. We give an overview of evidence from a wide variety of empirical domains, such as spatial stimulus-response compatibility, sensorimotor synchronization, and ideomotor action, showing that our main assumptions are well supported by the data.

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The Theory of Event Coding (TEC): A framework for perception and action planning

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“… 6. A closer, but more controversial, analogy comes from empirical work by Heider and Simmel (1944), which is often grouped with Michotte’s in overviews of event perception (e.g., Proffitt & Kaiser, 1995; Scholl & Tremoulet, 2000; Shiffrar, 2001). Like Michotte, these investigators sought the stimulus conditions that produce impressions of people’s actions and motives.…”

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Causation From Perception

Rips

2011

Perspect Psychol Sci

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Beginning with the research of Albert Michotte, investigators have identified simple perceptual events that observers report as causal. For example, suppose a square moves across a screen and comes to a halt when it makes contact with a second square. If the second square then begins moving in the same direction, observers sometimes report that the first square "pushed" the second or "caused it to move." Based on such reports, Michotte claimed that people perceive causality, and a number of psychologists and philosophers have followed his lead. This article examines Michotte's hypothesis by comparing it with its chief rival: Observers possess representations of pushings, pullings, and other events in long-term memory. A Michottean display triggers one of these representations, and the representation classifies the display as an instance of pushing (or pulling, etc.). According to this second explanation, recognizing an event as a pushing is similar to classifying an object as a cup or a dog. Data relevant to this debate come from infant and animal studies, cognitive and neuropsychological dissociation experiments, and studies of context effects and individual differences. However, a review of research in these paradigms finds no reason to prefer Michotte's theory over its competitor.

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Integrating multi-sensory input in the body model — A RNN approach to connect visual features and motor control

Schilling

2011

The 2011 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks

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Movement and Event Perception

Cited by 5 publications

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The Theory of Event Coding (TEC): A framework for perception and action planning

The Theory of Event Coding (TEC): A framework for perception and action planning

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Integrating multi-sensory input in the body model — A RNN approach to connect visual features and motor control

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