Unconscious Effects of Action on Perception

Halász, Veronika; Cunnington, Ross

doi:10.3390/brainsci2020130

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“…auditory, visual, etc.) predictions made by these models influence the online processing of sensory information, such as music, coming from the external environment (Schütz-Bosbach & Prinz, 2007;Witt, 2011;Halász & Cunnington, 2012;. The particular influence of these predictions on the perception of music differs depending on the nature of the auditory information (when merely listening to music), or audio-visual information (when watching and listening to a music performance, for instance).…”

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The Role of Embodiment in the Perception of Music

Leman

Maes²

2015

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In this paper, we present recent and on-going research in the field of embodied music cognition, with a focus on studies conducted at IPEM, the research laboratory in systematic musicology at Ghent University, Belgium. Attention is devoted to encoding/decoding principles underlying musical expressiveness, synchronization and entrainment, and action-based effects on music perception. The discussed empirical findings demonstrate that embodiment is only one component in an interconnected network of sensory, motor, affective, and cognitive systems involved in music perception. Currently, these findings drive embodiment theory towards a more dynamical approach in which the interaction between various internal processes and the external environment are of central importance. <br />

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The Role of Embodiment in the Perception of Music

Leman

Maes²

2015

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“…Based on these empirical findings it has been argued that judgments of physical properties of the surrounding environment, such as length, height, and slope, are influenced by the motor actions that would be afforded to overcome them [ 22 , 23 ]. Climbing a hill is energetically costlier when burdened with heavy load.…”

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The Fox and the Grapes—How Physical Constraints Affect Value Based Decision Making

2015

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One fundamental question in decision making research is how humans compute the values that guide their decisions. Recent studies showed that people assign higher value to goods that are closer to them, even when physical proximity should be irrelevant for the decision from a normative perspective. This phenomenon, however, seems reasonable from an evolutionary perspective. Most foraging decisions of animals involve the trade-off between the value that can be obtained and the associated effort of obtaining. Anticipated effort for physically obtaining a good could therefore affect the subjective value of this good. In this experiment, we test this hypothesis by letting participants state their subjective value for snack food while the effort that would be incurred when reaching for it was manipulated. Even though reaching was not required in the experiment, we find that willingness to pay was significantly lower when subjects wore heavy wristbands on their arms. Thus, when reaching was more difficult, items were perceived as less valuable. Importantly, this was only the case when items were physically in front of the participants but not when items were presented as text on a computer screen. Our results suggest automatic interactions of motor and valuation processes which are unexplored to this date and may account for irrational decisions that occur when reward is particularly easy to reach.

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“…Forward and inverse models are intricately linked in perception and action whether movements are executed, experienced, or just observed ( Wolpert and Kawato, 1998 ; Maes et al, 2014 ). However, Halász and Cunnington (2012) argue that predictive theories, based on forward models, offer the best explanation for how the motor system shapes action perception. In the following section we outline behavioral and neuroscience studies providing evidence for inverse and forward models of perception and action.…”

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Action and familiarity effects on self and other expert musiciansâ€™ Laban effort-shape analyses of expressive bodily behaviors in instrumental music performance: a case study approach

Broughton

Davidson

2014

Front. Psychol.

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Self-reflective performance review and expert evaluation are features of Western music performance practice. While music is usually the focus, visual information provided by performing musicians’ expressive bodily behaviors communicates expressiveness to musically trained and untrained observers. Yet, within a seemingly homogenous group, such as one of musically trained individuals, diversity of experience exists. Individual differences potentially affect perception of the subtleties of expressive performance, and performers’ effective communication of their expressive intentions. This study aimed to compare self- and other expert musicians’ perception of expressive bodily behaviors observed in marimba performance. We hypothesized that analyses of expressive bodily behaviors differ between expert musicians according to their specialist motor expertise and familiarity with the music. Two professional percussionists and experienced marimba players, and one professional classical singer took part in the study. Participants independently conducted Laban effort-shape analysis – proposing that intentions manifest in bodily activity are understood through shared embodied processes – of a marimbists’ expressive bodily behaviors in an audio-visual performance recording. For one percussionist, this was a self-reflective analysis. The work was unfamiliar to the other percussionist and singer. Perception of the performer’s expressive bodily behaviors appeared to differ according to participants’ individual instrumental or vocal motor expertise, and familiarity with the music. Furthermore, individual type of motor experience appeared to direct participants’ attention in approaching the analyses. Findings support forward and inverse perception–action models, and embodied cognitive theory. Implications offer scientific rigor and artistic interest for how performance practitioners can reflectively analyze performance to improve expressive communication.

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Unconscious Effects of Action on Perception

Cited by 13 publications

References 70 publications

The Role of Embodiment in the Perception of Music

The Role of Embodiment in the Perception of Music

The Fox and the Grapes—How Physical Constraints Affect Value Based Decision Making

Action and familiarity effects on self and other expert musiciansâ€™ Laban effort-shape analyses of expressive bodily behaviors in instrumental music performance: a case study approach

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