Recognizing People from Their Movement

Autor/inn/en	Loula, Fani; Prasad, Sapna; Harber, Kent; Shiffrar, Maggie
Titel	Recognizing People from Their Movement
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 31 (2005) 1, S.210-220 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0096-1523
Schlagwörter	Cues; Visual Perception; Recognition (Psychology); Motion; Psychological Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stichwort; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Recognition; Wiedererkennen; Bewegungsablauf
Abstract	Human observers demonstrate impressive visual sensitivity to human movement. What defines this sensitivity? If motor experience influences the visual analysis of action, then observers should be most sensitive to their own movements. If view-dependent visual experience determines visual sensitivity to human movement, then observers should be most sensitive to the movements of their friends. To test these predictions, participants viewed sagittal displays of point-light depictions of themselves, their friends, and strangers performing various actions. In actor identification and discrimination tasks, sensitivity to one's own motion was highest. Visual sensitivity to friends', but not strangers', actions was above chance. Performance was action dependent. Control studies yielded chance performance with inverted and static displays, suggesting that form and low-motion cues did not define performance. These results suggest that both motor and visual experience define visual sensitivity to human action. (Author).
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