The Movement-Image Compatibility Effect: Embodiment Theory Interpretations of Motor Resonance With Digitized Photographs, Drawings, and Paintings
To evoke the impression of movement in the “immobile” image is one of the central motivations of the visual art, and the activating effect of images has been discussed in art psychology already some 100 years ago. However, this topic has up to now been largely neglected by the researchers in cogniti...
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doaj-3cbe42ffc002419ab1ed421fbed73cfa2020-11-24T21:07:48ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782018-06-01910.3389/fpsyg.2018.00991326863The Movement-Image Compatibility Effect: Embodiment Theory Interpretations of Motor Resonance With Digitized Photographs, Drawings, and PaintingsMark-Oliver Casper0John A. Nyakatura1John A. Nyakatura2Anja Pawel3Christina B. Reimer4Torsten Schubert5Torsten Schubert6Marion Lauschke7Excellence Cluster “Image Knowledge Gestaltung. An Interdisciplinary Laboratory”, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, GermanyExcellence Cluster “Image Knowledge Gestaltung. An Interdisciplinary Laboratory”, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, GermanyWorking Group “Morphology and the History of Forms”, Department of Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, GermanyExcellence Cluster “Image Knowledge Gestaltung. An Interdisciplinary Laboratory”, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, GermanyWorking Group “General and Experimental Psychology”, Department of Psychology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, GermanyExcellence Cluster “Image Knowledge Gestaltung. An Interdisciplinary Laboratory”, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, GermanyWorking Group “General and Experimental Psychology”, Department of Psychology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, GermanyExcellence Cluster “Image Knowledge Gestaltung. An Interdisciplinary Laboratory”, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, GermanyTo evoke the impression of movement in the “immobile” image is one of the central motivations of the visual art, and the activating effect of images has been discussed in art psychology already some 100 years ago. However, this topic has up to now been largely neglected by the researchers in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. This study investigates – from an interdisciplinary perspective – the formation of lateralized instances of motion when an observer perceives movement in an image. A first step was to identify images that evoke a perception of movement in a certain direction and to give this a rating. Reaction times leading to the engagement of a joystick following the presentation of images are used to evidence the postulated movement occasioned by the perception of movement in an image. Where the required direction of joystick moves matched the expected perception of movement direction in the image, significantly shorter reaction times were recorded. The experiment was able to prove a “movement-image compatibility effect” in observers of images. Based on this, the paper revisits and brings up to date the theses on motor sensory response to images which were developed in art psychology at the beginning of the 20th century. It furthermore contributes an embodiment theory interpretation to the prevalent representational explanation of compatibility effects.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00991/fullembodied cognitionsituated cognitionimage perceptioncompatibility effectsbody schemamotor resonance |
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Mark-Oliver Casper John A. Nyakatura John A. Nyakatura Anja Pawel Christina B. Reimer Torsten Schubert Torsten Schubert Marion Lauschke The Movement-Image Compatibility Effect: Embodiment Theory Interpretations of Motor Resonance With Digitized Photographs, Drawings, and Paintings Frontiers in Psychology embodied cognition situated cognition image perception compatibility effects body schema motor resonance |
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Mark-Oliver Casper John A. Nyakatura John A. Nyakatura Anja Pawel Christina B. Reimer Torsten Schubert Torsten Schubert Marion Lauschke |
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The Movement-Image Compatibility Effect: Embodiment Theory Interpretations of Motor Resonance With Digitized Photographs, Drawings, and Paintings |
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The Movement-Image Compatibility Effect: Embodiment Theory Interpretations of Motor Resonance With Digitized Photographs, Drawings, and Paintings |
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The Movement-Image Compatibility Effect: Embodiment Theory Interpretations of Motor Resonance With Digitized Photographs, Drawings, and Paintings |
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The Movement-Image Compatibility Effect: Embodiment Theory Interpretations of Motor Resonance With Digitized Photographs, Drawings, and Paintings |
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The Movement-Image Compatibility Effect: Embodiment Theory Interpretations of Motor Resonance With Digitized Photographs, Drawings, and Paintings |
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movement-image compatibility effect: embodiment theory interpretations of motor resonance with digitized photographs, drawings, and paintings |
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To evoke the impression of movement in the “immobile” image is one of the central motivations of the visual art, and the activating effect of images has been discussed in art psychology already some 100 years ago. However, this topic has up to now been largely neglected by the researchers in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. This study investigates – from an interdisciplinary perspective – the formation of lateralized instances of motion when an observer perceives movement in an image. A first step was to identify images that evoke a perception of movement in a certain direction and to give this a rating. Reaction times leading to the engagement of a joystick following the presentation of images are used to evidence the postulated movement occasioned by the perception of movement in an image. Where the required direction of joystick moves matched the expected perception of movement direction in the image, significantly shorter reaction times were recorded. The experiment was able to prove a “movement-image compatibility effect” in observers of images. Based on this, the paper revisits and brings up to date the theses on motor sensory response to images which were developed in art psychology at the beginning of the 20th century. It furthermore contributes an embodiment theory interpretation to the prevalent representational explanation of compatibility effects. |
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embodied cognition situated cognition image perception compatibility effects body schema motor resonance |
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