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Perceiving performer identity and intended expression intensity in point-light displays of dance.
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PMID:  20981438     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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This study investigated agent and expression intensity recognition in point-light displays depicting dancing performances. In a first session, participants danced with two different expression intensities to music, solo or in dyads. In a subsequent session, they watched point-light displays of 1-5-s duration, depicting their own, their partner's or another participant's recorded actions, and were asked to identify the agent (self vs. partner vs. stranger) and the intended expression intensity (expressive vs. inexpressive) of the performer. The results indicate that performer identity and expression intensity could be discerned reliably from displays as short as 1 s. The accuracy in judgment increased with exposure duration and, for performer identification, with higher expression intensity. Judgment accuracy in agent and expression intensity recognition tasks correlated with self-report empathy indices. Accuracy correlated also with confidence in judgment, but only in the intensity recognition task. The results are discussed in relation to perceptual and neural mechanisms underlying action and intention recognition.
Authors:
Vassilis Sevdalis; Peter E Keller
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-10-28
Journal Detail:
Title:  Psychological research     Volume:  75     ISSN:  1430-2772     ISO Abbreviation:  Psychol Res     Publication Date:  2011 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-08-15     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0435062     Medline TA:  Psychol Res     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  423-34     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Music Cognition and Action Group, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstrasse 1A, 04103, Leipzig, Germany, sevdalis@cbs.mpg.de.
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