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Cues for self-recognition in point-light displays of actions performed in synchrony with music.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20382037     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Self-other discrimination was investigated with point-light displays in which actions were presented with or without additional auditory information. Participants first executed different actions (dancing, walking and clapping) in time with music. In two subsequent experiments, they watched point-light displays of their own or another participant's recorded actions, and were asked to identify the agent (self vs. other). Manipulations were applied to the visual information (actions differing in complexity, and degradation from 15 to 2 point-lights within the same clapping action) and to the auditory information (self-generated vs. externally-generated vs. none). Results indicate that self-recognition was better than chance in all conditions and was highest when observing relatively unconstrained patterns of movement. Auditory information did not increase accuracy even with the most ambiguous visual displays, suggesting that judgments of agent identity depend much more on motor cues than on auditory (action-generated) or audiovisual (synchronization) information.
Authors:
Vassilis Sevdalis; Peter E Keller
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-04-09
Journal Detail:
Title:  Consciousness and cognition     Volume:  19     ISSN:  1090-2376     ISO Abbreviation:  Conscious Cogn     Publication Date:  2010 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-07     Completed Date:  2010-08-03     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9303140     Medline TA:  Conscious Cogn     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  617-26     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Music Cognition and Action Group, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany. sevdalis@cbs.mpg.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acoustic Stimulation
Adult
Auditory Perception
Cues
Female
Humans
Male
Motion Perception*
Music / psychology*
Photic Stimulation
Recognition (Psychology)* / physiology
Visual Perception*
Young Adult

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