Priming of Reach and Grasp Actions by Handled Objects
Priming of Reach and Grasp Actions by Handled Objects
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DOI:
10.1037/a0023509
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发表时间:
2011-10-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Breuer, Andreas T.
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作者:
Masson, Michael E. J.;Bub, Daniel N.;Breuer, Andreas T.
Pictures of handled objects such as a beer mug or frying pan are shown to prime speeded reach and grasp actions that are compatible with the object. To determine whether the evocation of motor affordances implied by this result is driven merely by the physical orientation of the object's handle as opposed to higher-level properties of the object, including its function, prime objects were presented either in an upright orientation or rotated 90 degrees from upright. Rotated objects successfully primed hand actions that fit the object's new orientation (e. g., a frying pan rotated 90 degrees so that its handle pointed downward primed a vertically oriented power grasp), but only when the required grasp was commensurate with the object's proper function. This constraint suggests that rotated objects evoke motor representations only when they afford the potential to be readily positioned for functional action.