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The visible face of intention: why kinematics matters
A key component of social understanding is the ability to read intentions from movements. But how do we discern intentions in others’ actions? What kind of intention information is actually available in the features of others’ movements? Based on the assumption that intentions are hidden away in the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4109428/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25104946 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00815 |
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author | Ansuini, Caterina Cavallo, Andrea Bertone, Cesare Becchio, Cristina |
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description | A key component of social understanding is the ability to read intentions from movements. But how do we discern intentions in others’ actions? What kind of intention information is actually available in the features of others’ movements? Based on the assumption that intentions are hidden away in the other person’s mind, standard theories of social cognition have mainly focused on the contribution of higher level processes. Here, we delineate an alternative approach to the problem of intention-from-movement understanding. We argue that intentions become “visible” in the surface flow of agents’ motions. Consequently, the ability to understand others’ intentions cannot be divorced from the capability to detect essential kinematics. This hypothesis has far reaching implications for how we know other minds and predict others’ behavior. |
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spelling | pubmed-41094282014-08-07 The visible face of intention: why kinematics matters Ansuini, Caterina Cavallo, Andrea Bertone, Cesare Becchio, Cristina Front Psychol Psychology A key component of social understanding is the ability to read intentions from movements. But how do we discern intentions in others’ actions? What kind of intention information is actually available in the features of others’ movements? Based on the assumption that intentions are hidden away in the other person’s mind, standard theories of social cognition have mainly focused on the contribution of higher level processes. Here, we delineate an alternative approach to the problem of intention-from-movement understanding. We argue that intentions become “visible” in the surface flow of agents’ motions. Consequently, the ability to understand others’ intentions cannot be divorced from the capability to detect essential kinematics. This hypothesis has far reaching implications for how we know other minds and predict others’ behavior. Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-24 /pmc/articles/PMC4109428/ /pubmed/25104946 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00815 Text en Copyright © 2014 Ansuini, Cavallo, Bertone and Becchio. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Ansuini, Caterina Cavallo, Andrea Bertone, Cesare Becchio, Cristina The visible face of intention: why kinematics matters |
title | The visible face of intention: why kinematics matters |
title_full | The visible face of intention: why kinematics matters |
title_fullStr | The visible face of intention: why kinematics matters |
title_full_unstemmed | The visible face of intention: why kinematics matters |
title_short | The visible face of intention: why kinematics matters |
title_sort | visible face of intention: why kinematics matters |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4109428/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25104946 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00815 |
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