The influence of action perception on object recognition: a developmental study

Abstract

Abstract

Factors Influencing Mental-Rotation with Action-based Gender-Stereotyped Objects—The Role of Fine Motor Skills

“…It relates to the studies with adults of Wexler et al (1998) as well as Wohlschläger and Wohlschläger (1998). The presentation of "tools", which means things that can be taken manually, like hammer, brush or screw, is heavily related with an action and the relation of perception and action does develop early in life (Piaget 1952;Mounoud et al 2007). Piaget (1952) proposed that young children learn an understanding of the physical world through the interaction with the body.…”

Object manipulability affects children's and adults' conceptual processing

“…The related and nonrelated pictures were presented in either the bottom left or the bottom right corner of the screen, their relative position being counterbalanced across trials. Participants were asked to decide "which one of developmental study, Mounoud, Duscherer, Moy, and Perraudin (2007) have shown that identification and categorization of tools by 7-and 9-year-olds are facilitated by the previous presentation of their corresponding action pantomime. In addition, data from neuroimagery show that tool conceptual processing specifically activates those cerebral areas involved in object manipulation-that is, the parietal and premotor cortices (Chao & Martin, 2000;Gerlach, Law, & Paulson, 2002;Kellenbach, Brett, & Patterson, 2003).…”

Pantomiming tool use with an imaginary tool in hand as compared to demonstration with tool in hand specifically modulates the left middle and superior temporal gyri

“…This type of cognitive operation requires representational and abstract thinking (Elder & Pederson, 1978;O'Reilly, 1995;Overton & Jackson, 1973;Piaget, 1962;Ungerer, Zelzao, Kearsley, & O'Leary, 1981). This faculty is not only of interest from a neuropsychological perspective but also from ontogenetic and evolutionary perspectives (Corballis, 2002;Elder & Pederson, 1978;Frey, 2008;Mounoud, Duscherer, Moy, & Perraudin, 2007;O'Reilly, 1995;Overton & Jackson, 1973;Piaget, 1962;Ungerer et al, 1981). In child development, the ability to pantomime tool use reflects that the child has acquired the competence to rely only on a mental representation of the tool (in the absence of the real tool) and to abstract the movement concept from the real tactile experience of the tool.…”