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Title: Embodied Spatial Transformations: 'Body Analogy' for the Mental Rotation of Objects
Language: English
Authors: Amorim, Michel-Ange, Isableu, Brice, Jarraya, Moham
Source: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Aug 2006 135(3):327-347.
Availability: American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org/publications.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 21
Publication Date: 2006
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Visual Perception, Cognitive Processes, Human Body, Spatial Ability
ISSN: 0096-3445
Abstract: The cognitive advantage of imagined spatial transformations of the human body over that of more unfamiliar objects (e.g., Shepard-Metzler [S-M] cubes) is an issue for validating motor theories of visual perception. In 6 experiments, the authors show that providing S-M cubes with body characteristics (e.g., by adding a head to S-M cubes to evoke a posture) facilitates the mapping of the cognitive coordinate system of one's body onto the abstract shape. In turn, this spatial embodiment improves object shape matching. Thanks to the increased cohesiveness of human posture in people's body schema, imagined transformations of the body operate in a less piecemeal fashion as compared with objects (S-M cubes or swing-arm desk lamps) under a similar spatial configuration, provided that the pose can be embodied. If the pose cannot be emulated (covert imitation) by the sensorimotor system, the facilitation due to motoric embodiment will also be disrupted.
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