Does the human motor system simulate Pinocchio's actions? Coacting with a human hand versus a wooden hand in a dyadic interaction
Does the human motor system simulate Pinocchio's actions? Coacting with a human hand versus a wooden hand in a dyadic interaction
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.02025.x
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发表时间：
2007-12-01
影响因子：
8.2
通讯作者：
Brass, Marcel
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作者：
Tsai, Chia-Chin;Brass, Marcel
共同表征同种个体的行为对于理解他们的目标、推断他们的心理状态以及与他们合作至关重要。最近的研究表明，西蒙任务中的联合作用效应为共同表征提供了一个很好的指标。在本研究中，我们调查是否共同代表仅限于生物制剂或也发生非生物事件。参与者执行西蒙任务，要么与人手的图像或木制模拟。只有当参与者与生物制剂共同作用时，才会出现类似西蒙的效应。当参与者与一只木制的手互动时，联合行动效应的缺乏表明人类共同表征系统是生物调谐的。
Corepresenting actions performed by conspecifics is essential to understanding their goals, inferring their mental states, and cooperating with them. It has recently been demonstrated that joint-action effects in a Simon task provide a good index for corepresentation. In the present study, we investigated whether corepresentation is restricted to biological agents or also occurs for nonbiological events. Participants performed a Simon task either with an image of a human hand or with a wooden analogue. The Simon-like effect emerged only when participants coacted with a biological agent. The lack of the joint-action effect when participants interacted with a wooden hand indicates that the human corepresentation system is biologically tuned.