Humans Anticipate the Goal of other People’s Point-Light Actions

Frontiers in Psychology

Claudia Elsner¹ 

关键词: biological motion;    anticipation;    eye movements;    direct matching;    mirror neuron;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00120

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

This eye tracking study investigated the degree to which biological motion information from manual point-light displays provides sufficient information to elicit anticipatory eye movements. We compared gaze performance of adults observing a biological motion point-light display of a hand reaching for a goal object or a non-biological version of the same event. Participants anticipated the goal of the point-light action in the biological motion condition but not in a non-biological control condition. The present study demonstrates that kinematic information from biological motion can be used to anticipate the goal of other people’s point-light actions and that the presence of biological motion is sufficient for anticipation to occur.

【 授权许可】

CC BY