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Recognising actions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2003

Patrick R. Green
Affiliation:
Department of Computing and Electrical Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 7EP, United KingdomP.R.Green@hw.ac.uk
Frank E. Pollick
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QB, United Kingdomfrank@psy.gla.ac.uk http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/~frank

Abstract

The ability to recognise the actions of conspecifics from displays of biological motion is an essential perceptual capacity. Physiological and psychological evidence suggest that the visual processing of biological motion involves close interaction between the dorsal and ventral systems. Norman's strong emphasis on the functional differences between these systems may impede understanding of their interactions.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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