TY  - JOUR
A1  - Stadler, Waltraud
A1  - Springer, Anne
A1  - Parkinson, Jim
A1  - Prinz, Wolfgang
T1  - Movement kinematics affect action prediction comparing human to non-human point-light actions
T2  - Psychological research : an international journal of perception, attention, memory, and action
N2  - The influence of movement kinematics on the accuracy of predicting the time course of another individual's actions was studied. A human point-light shape was animated with human movement (natural condition) and with artificial movement that was more uniform regarding velocity profiles and trajectories (artificial condition). During brief occlusions, the participants predicted the actions in order to judge after occlusion whether the actions were continued coherently in time or shifted to an earlier or later frame. Error rates and reaction times were increased in the artificial compared to the natural condition. The findings suggest a perceptual advantage for movement with a human velocity profile, corresponding to the notion of a close interaction between observed and executed movement. The results are discussed in the framework of the simulation account and alternative interpretations are provided on the basis of correlations between the velocity profiles of natural and artificial movements with prediction performance.
Y1  - 2012
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/35800
SN  - 0340-0727
VL  - 76
IS  - 4
SP  - 395
EP  - 406
PB  - Springer
CY  - Heidelberg
ER  -