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Seeing Biological Motion - Is There a Role for Cognitive Strategies?

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Gesture-Based Communication in Human-Computer Interaction (GW 1999)

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The aim of the paper is to suggest components of a model for the processing of human movement information introducing the concept of ‘motion integrators’. Two approaches to the perception of biological motion are contrasted: the low-level and the high-level processing approach. It is suggested that conceptually-driven processes play a prominent role in motion recognition. Examples from experimental psychology and neurobiology are discussed. Our quasi-automatic perception of biological motion seems to involve resource-dependent cognitive processes and an ‘interactive-encoding’ hypothesis is elaborated further. In particular, the role of attentional mechanisms and the influence of concept use are highlighted. Finally, recent findings are interpreted in connection to specific encoding strategies.

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    James Richardson

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Dittrich, W.H. (1999). Seeing Biological Motion - Is There a Role for Cognitive Strategies?. In: Braffort, A., Gherbi, R., Gibet, S., Teil, D., Richardson, J. (eds) Gesture-Based Communication in Human-Computer Interaction. GW 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1739. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46616-9_1

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