Mind and Motion: The Bidirectional Link between Thought and Action (eBook)

Progress in Brain Research

Hauke Heekeren, Joseph Johnson, Markus Raab (Herausgeber)

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2009 | 1. Auflage
374 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
9780080886145 (ISBN)

Infos

This volume investigates the implications of how our brain directs our movements on decision making. An extensive body of knowledge in chapters from international experts is presented as well as integrative group reports discussing new directions for future research.
The understanding of how people make decisions is of central interest to experts working in fields such as psychology, economics, movement science, cognitive neuroscience, neuroinformatics, robotics, and sport science. For the first time the current volume provides a multidisciplinary overview of how action and cognition are integrated in the planning of and decisions about action.
* Offers intense, focused, and genuine interdisciplinary perspective
* Conveys state-of-the-art and outlines future research directions on the hot topic of mind and motion (or embodied cognition)
* Includes contributions from psychologists, neuroscientists, movement scientists, economists, and others

Inhalt

Front cover 1
Mind and Motion: The Bidirectional Link between thought and Action 4
Copyright page 5
List of Contributors 6
Preface 8
Acknowledgment 10
Contents 12
Section I. How are Choice Options and Their Consequences Perceived and Represented? 16
Chapter 1. Grounding cognition in action: expertise, comprehension, and judgment 18
Introduction: an embodied perspective 18
Language comprehension 19
Explicit judgments 22
Memory judgments 22
Preference judgments 23
Conclusions 25
References 25
Chapter 2. On the relativity of athletic performance: a comparison perspective on performance judgments in sports 28
The relativity of athletic performances 28
Influences of athletic performance judgments 29
Self-other comparisons 29
Assimilation and contrast 29
Other-other comparison 31
Advantages and disadvantages of comparative performance judgments 35
Prevention and correction of comparative biases in athletic performance judgments 36
References 37
Chapter 3. A cognitive movement scientist’s view on the link between thought and action: insights from the ‘‘Badische Zimmer’’ metaphor 40
Introduction: classical views on motor control and a need for revision 40
From China to Heidelberg: a hermetically locked room, internal models, and the ideomotor principle 41
Moving in time: psychological moments, the psychological present, and streams of action 44
Final remarks: some speculations on the role of motor control mechanisms for theories on decision making 47
References 48
Chapter 4. Perceiving and moving in sports and other high-pressure contexts 50
Introduction 50
The ecological approach to perception 51
Perceiving and moving in sport and other high-pressure contexts: effects of anxiety 54
Training with anxiety 58
Theoretical implications 59
Concluding remarks 60
References 61
Chapter 5. How do people perceive and generate options? 64
Introduction 64
Direct perception and bounded rationality 65
Examples from sports settings 66
Discussion 72
References 73
Chapter 6. How the orbitofrontal cortex contributes to decision making - A view from neuroscience 76
Introduction 76
Connectivity data of the OFC 77
Neuroscientific results concerning the putative function of the OFC 78
Proposition of how the OFC contributes to decision making 82
Abbreviations 84
References 84
Chapter 7. Perceiving the intentions of others: how do skilled performers make anticipation judgments? 88
Introduction 88
Perceptual-cognitive skills underpinning anticipation judgments 89
How do these perceptual-cognitive skills interact when making anticipation judgments? Why there is more to anticipation than meets the eye? 94
Perception, cognition, and action: integration and differentiation 96
Conclusions 96
References 97
Chapter 8. The bidirectional links between decision making, perception, and action 100
Introduction 100
Current paradigms and different perspectives 101
Exploring the bidirectional links between decision making, perception, and action 102
Consequences for research paradigms, data interpretation, and application 106
Conclusion 107
References 108
Section II. How are These Options Evaluated and an Intended Course of Action Selected? 110
Chapter 9. (Ir)rationality in action: do soccer players and goalkeepers fail to learn how to best perform during a penalty kickquest 112
Introduction 112
Behavioral economics 113
Penalty kicks in soccer 114
Goalkeeper behavior 115
Kicker behavior 116
Social rationality 117
Beyond social rationality: psychophilosophical considerations 119
Conclusion: towards socio-emotional rationality 120
References 121
Chapter 10. Getting around: making fast and frugal navigation decisions 124
Introduction 124
Overview 125
Theoretical foundations of the adaptive toolbox 125
The role of internal representations and environmental structure in navigation 127
Bringing cognition and environment together 130
Conclusion 131
References 131
Chapter 11. Crossmodal interaction in speeded responses: time window of integration model 134
Introduction 134
Redundant target versus focused attention paradigm 136
Separate activation versus coactivation models 137
The time-window-of-integration (TWIN) modeling scheme 140
Quantifying multisensory integration in the TWIN Model 141
Predictions 142
Integration rule assumptions 142
Deriving the probability of interaction in TWIN 143
Extending the TWIN model 143
Future directions for TWIN 147
References 149
Chapter 12. Embodied cognition of movement decisions: a computational modeling approach 152
Introduction 152
Cognitive components of ball sports 152
Motoric influences on cognition 154
Formal modeling of human movement decisions 155
Bridging the mind-body gap 161
Conclusions 163
References 164
Chapter 13. A multiple-cue learning approach as the basis for understanding and improving soccer referees’ decision making 166
Introduction 166
Foul/no-foul decisions by soccer referees 167
A multiple-cue probabilistic learning framework 169
Training soccer referees’ decision making 170
Conclusions 172
References 172
Chapter 14. A conceptual framework for studying emotions-cognitions-performance linkage under conditions that vary in perceived pressure 174
Introduction 174
Basic assumptions and concepts 175
Current state of the art on the emotions-cognitions-performance linkage 176
The notion of appraisal and coping 180
Cerebral cortical activity during skilled visuo-motor performance - a model to assess the impact of emotions during performance 183
Pressure-induced performance failure 187
Summary 188
References 190
Chapter 15. Visual cues influence motor coordination: behavioral results and potential neural mechanisms mediating perception-action coupling and response selection 194
Introduction 194
Bimanual movements from the perspective of the pure ‘‘actionist’’ 195
Bimanual movements from the perspective of the pure ‘‘cognitionist’’ 196
Is the perspective of the ‘‘actionist’’ really contradictory to that of the ‘‘cognitionist’’? 198
How does the brain link sensory information, goals, and motor activity? 199
What else can we learn from bimanual paradigms about stimulus-response selection? 201
Acknowledgements 201
References 201
Chapter 16. How do motoric realities shape, and become shaped by, the way people evaluate and select potential courses of action? Toward a unitary framework of embodied decision making 204
Introduction 204
Conceptualizing the research question and the essential qualities of a good response 205
A unitary framework for embodied decision-making research 211
Conclusion 216
References 216
Section III. How is a Cognitively Intended Course of 220
Chapter 17. Perceptual decision making: a bidirectional link between mind and motion 222
Introduction 222
Perceptual decision making: embodied cognition? 222
Gross behavior 223
Neural components: monkey physiology and human neuroimaging 224
Information-processing roles: computation and representation 230
Synthesis 230
References 231
Chapter 18. Motor imagery and its implications for understanding the motor system 234
Introduction 234
Defining motor imagery 234
Motor imagery as an internal simulation of action 237
The role of the primary motor cortex for motor imagery 238
Empirical data supporting mental simulation theory 239
Conclusion 242
References 243
Chapter 19. The cognitive nature of action - functional links between cognitive psychology, movement science, and robotics 246
Introduction 246
Cognitive building blocks and the architecture of human action 247
Structure formation in LTM 249
Horizontal and vertical cooperation between cognitive systems and architecture levels 251
The challenge of cognitive robotics 252
Robot architectures 254
Manual action in robots and humans 257
Grasping with human and with robot hands 258
Conclusions 262
Acknowledgments 262
References 262
Chapter 20. Mental representations as an underlying mechanism for human performance 266
Introduction 266
Decision-making processes as a conceptual framework for studying actions 267
Linking perceptual-cognitive systems to the motor system 270
Conclusion 279
References 279
Chapter 21. Biases and optimality of sensory-motor and cognitive decisions 282
Introduction 282
Movement under risk is decision making under risk 285
Nearly optimal strategies during movement under risk 287
Suboptimal cognitive decisions 287
Learning probabilities versus practicing the task 288
Neural coding of uncertain decisions 289
Acknowledgments 291
References 291
Chapter 22. Advances in coupling perception and action: the quiet eye as a bidirectional link between gaze, attention, and action 294
Introduction 294
Quiet-eye training 296
Theoretical accounts of the quiet eye 298
Controversies and future directions 300
References 302
Chapter 23. Juggling with the brain - thought and action in the human motor system 304
Introduction 304
The primary motor cortex 305
The cerebellum 307
The premotor cortex 308
Final considerations 310
Acknowledgments 312
References 312
Chapter 24. How are actions physically implemented? 318
Introduction 318
What do we mean by ‘‘action implementation’’? 319
Overview: how are actions physically implemented? 320
Specific approaches to the study of action implementation 321
Controversies/open questions 327
Future perspectives 330
Abbreviations 330
References 330
Chapter 25. Mind and motion: surveying successes and stumbles in looking ahead 334
Introduction 334
Advances in knowledge gained from the workshop 335
Speed bumps and road blocks 337
How to overcome these obstacles? 339
A new empiricism 341
The road ahead 341
Subject Index 344

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.5.2009
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• ISBN-13: 9780080886145 / 9780080886145