One Step Ahead: The Perceived Kinematics of Others’ Actions Are Biased Toward Expected Goals
Action observation is often conceptualized in a bottom-up manner, where sensory information activates conceptual (or motor) representations. In contrast, here we show that expectations about an actor’s goal have a top-down predictive effect on action perception, biasing it toward these goals. In 3 e...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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American Psychological Association
2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4694084/ |