Experience and the perception of biological motion

Frank E. Pollick; Corinne Jola; Karin Petrini; Lawrie S. McKay; Phil McAleer; Seon Hee Jang; Christine MacLeod; David R. Simmons

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195393705.003.0009

Experience and the perception of biological motion

Frank E. Pollick, Corinne Jola, Karin Petrini, Lawrie S. McKay, Phil McAleer, Seon Hee Jang, Christine MacLeod, David R. Simmons

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Abstract

Many discussions of biological motion perception involve a description of observers’ attunements for recognizing gender, emotion, action, and identity from point-light displays. This chapter describes an often-neglected determinant of biological motion perception: the role of expertise. First, the authors describe how variability among observers is essential for developing a comprehensive theory of biological motion perception. Then, they describe how the distributed network of brain areas devoted to biological motion perception provides an opportunity for this brain network to be applied to new tasks and environments.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	People watching
Subtitle of host publication	social, perceptual, and neurophysiological studies of body perception
Editors	Kerri Johnson, Maggie Shiffrar
Place of Publication	Oxford
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Pages	139-158
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	9780195393705
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195393705.003.0009
Publication status	Published - 2013

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Name	Oxford series in visual cognition
Publisher	Oxford University Press

Keywords

Biological motion
Expertise
Distributed processing
Visual experience
Visuomotor experience
Action observation
Dance
Visual aesthetics
Multisensor representations
Drummers
Autism spectrum disorders
Neural correlates

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Pollick, F. E., Jola, C., Petrini, K., McKay, L. S., McAleer, P., Jang, S. H., MacLeod, C., & Simmons, D. R. (2013). Experience and the perception of biological motion. In K. Johnson, & M. Shiffrar (Eds.), People watching: social, perceptual, and neurophysiological studies of body perception (pp. 139-158). (Oxford series in visual cognition). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195393705.003.0009

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Pollick, FE, Jola, C, Petrini, K, McKay, LS, McAleer, P, Jang, SH, MacLeod, C & Simmons, DR 2013, Experience and the perception of biological motion. in K Johnson & M Shiffrar (eds), People watching: social, perceptual, and neurophysiological studies of body perception. Oxford series in visual cognition, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 139-158. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195393705.003.0009

Experience and the perception of biological motion. / Pollick, Frank E.; Jola, Corinne; Petrini, Karin et al.
People watching: social, perceptual, and neurophysiological studies of body perception. ed. / Kerri Johnson; Maggie Shiffrar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. p. 139-158 (Oxford series in visual cognition).

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Pollick FE, Jola C, Petrini K, McKay LS, McAleer P, Jang SH et al. Experience and the perception of biological motion. In Johnson K, Shiffrar M, editors, People watching: social, perceptual, and neurophysiological studies of body perception. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2013. p. 139-158. (Oxford series in visual cognition). doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195393705.003.0009

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