Biological motion perception from sequential position information
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Introduction Both in generating human activity and in the visual perception of it, the brain is confronted with the many degrees of freedom involved in the movement of body and limbs. Not unlikely, the perception of motor actions is supported by mechanisms that are very similar to those in control of these actions. Hints towards an interaction between perceptual and action processes can be found in psychophysical studies, such as mental imagery, but also from recordings of single neurons in monkey premotor cortex.
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Biological motion perception from sequential position
Introduction Both in generating human activity and in the visual perception of it, the brain is confronted with the many degrees of freedom involved in the movement of body and limbs. Not unlikely, the perception of motor actions is supported by mechanisms that are very similar to those in control of these actions. Hints towards an interaction between perceptual and action processes can be foun...
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