The embodied nature of spatial perspective taking: Embodied transformation versus sensorimotor interference
The embodied nature of spatial perspective taking: Embodied transformation versus sensorimotor interference
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DOI：
10.1016/j.cognition.2009.08.015
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
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3.4
通讯作者：
Thomson, Lindsey Anne
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作者：
Kessler, Klaus;Thomson, Lindsey Anne
人类能够在精神上采用他人的空间视角，并从他们的角度理解世界。我们认为，空间的观点采择（SPT）可能已经从物理对齐的角度。这将支持其他人提出的观点，即SPT是一个具体的认知过程。我们调查了这个问题，通过对比几个帐户的假设过程和实施例的性质。在一系列的四个实验中，我们发现大量的证据表明，在SPT的转换包括大部分的身体图式，我们没有观察到的对象旋转。我们进一步得出结论，SPT的实施方式是最好的概念化的自我发起的身体运动的仿真，支持内源性运动的实施方式的概念。总的来说，我们的研究结果更符合一个“体现”的转换帐户，而不是与感觉运动干扰的概念。最后，我们讨论了我们的研究结果在SPT作为一个可能的进化的垫脚石走向更复杂的社会认知角度的对齐。(C)2009爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
Humans are able to mentally adopt the spatial perspective of others and understand the world from their point of view. We propose that spatial perspective taking (SPT) could have developed from the physical alignment of perspectives. This would support the notion that others have put forward claiming that SPT is an embodied cognitive process. We investigated this issue by contrasting several accounts in terms of the assumed processes and the nature of the embodiment. In a series of four experiments we found substantial evidence that the transformations during SPT comprise large parts of the body schema, which we did not observe for object rotation. We further conclude that the embodiment of SPT is best conceptualised as the self-initiated emulation of a body movement, supporting the notion of endogenous motoric embodiment. Overall our results are much more in agreement with an 'embodied' transformation account than with the notion of sensorimotor interference. Finally we discuss our findings in terms of SPT as a possible evolutionary stepping stone towards more complex alignments of socio-cognitive perspectives. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.