Carrying the height of the world on your ankles: Encumbering observers reduces estimates of how high an actor can jump
Authors:
Ver
nica C. Ramenzoni a;
Michael A. Riley a;
Kevin Shockley a;
Tehran Davis a
nica C. Ramenzoni a;
Michael A. Riley a;
Kevin Shockley a;
Tehran Davis a
| Affiliation: | a University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA |
DOI:
10.1080/17470210802100073
Publication Frequency:
12 issues per year
Published in:
The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology,
Volume
61,
Issue
10
October
2008
, pages 1487
- 1495
First Published on:
19 June 2008
Subject:
Cognitive Psychology;
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Also incorporating: The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A
Also incorporating: The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B
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Abstract
The authors investigated how changes in action capabilities affect estimation of affordances for another actor. Observers estimated maximum jumping-reach height for themselves and another actor. Half of the observers wore ankle weights that reduced their jumping ability. The ankle weights reduced estimates of maximum jumping-reach height that observers made for themselves and for the other actor, but only after observers had the opportunity to walk while wearing the weights. Changes in estimates closely matched changes in actual jumping-reach ability. Results confirm and extend recent investigations that indicate that perception of the spatial layout of surfaces in the environment is scaled to an observer's capacity to act, and they link that approach to another embodied cognition perspective that posits a link between one's own action capabilities and perception of the actions of other agents.
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| Keywords: Action understanding; Affordance perception; Embodiment |
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