Action goals influence action-specific perception |
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Authors: | Rouwen Cañal-Bruland John van der Kamp |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, 1202 W. Johnson St., Madison, WI 53706, USA; |
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Abstract: | We examined the processes that mediate the emergence of action-specific influences on perception that have recently been reported
for baseball batting and golf putting (Witt, Linkenauger, Bakdash, & Proffitt, 2008; Witt & Proffitt, 2005). To this end,
we used a Schokokusswurfmaschine: Children threw a ball at a target, which, if hit successfully, launched a ball that the children then had to catch. In two
experiments, children performed either a throwing-and-catching task or a throwing-only task, in which no ball was launched.
After each task, the size of the target or of the ball was estimated. Results indicate that action-specific influences on
perceived size occur for objects that are related to the end goal of the action, but not for objects that are related to intermediate
action goals. These results suggest that action-specific influences on perception are contingent upon the primary action goals
to be achieved. |
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