Proprioception in Action: A Matter of Ecological and Social Interaction
The aim of this paper is to provide a theoretical and formal framework to understand how the proprioceptive and kinesthetic system learns about body position and possibilities for movement in ongoing action and interaction. Whereas most weak embodiment accounts of proprioception focus on positionali...
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doaj-8fadc631d126410181e70e5f5b18b8342021-01-14T06:31:48ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-01-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.569403569403Proprioception in Action: A Matter of Ecological and Social InteractionXimena González-Grandón0Ximena González-Grandón1Ximena González-Grandón2Andrea Falcón-Cortés3Gabriel Ramos-Fernández4Gabriel Ramos-Fernández5Departamento de Educación, Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de México, MexicoFacultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, MexicoInsituto de Filosofía y Ciencias de la Complejidad IFICC-Chile, Santiago, ChileInstituto de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, MexicoInstituto de Investigaciones en Matemáticas Aplicadas y en Sistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, MexicoCentro de Ciencias de la Complejidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, MexicoThe aim of this paper is to provide a theoretical and formal framework to understand how the proprioceptive and kinesthetic system learns about body position and possibilities for movement in ongoing action and interaction. Whereas most weak embodiment accounts of proprioception focus on positionalist descriptions or on its role as a source of parameters for internal motor control, we argue that these aspects are insufficient to understand how proprioception is integrated into an active organized system in continuous and dynamic interaction with the environment. Our strong embodiment thesis is that one of the main theoretical principles to understand proprioception, as a perceptual experience within concrete situations, is the coupling with kinesthesia and its relational constitution—self, ecological, and social. In our view, these aspects are underdeveloped in current accounts, and an enactive sensorimotor theory enriched with phenomenological descriptions may provide an alternative path toward explaining this skilled experience. Following O'Regan and Noë (2001) sensorimotor contingencies conceptualization, we introduce three distinct notions of proprioceptive kinesthetic-sensorimotor contingencies (PK-SMCs), which we describe conceptually and formally considering three varieties of perceptual experience in action: PK-SMCs-self, PK-SMCs-self-environment, and PK-SMC-self-other. As a proof of concept of our proposal, we developed a minimal PK model to discuss these elements in detail and show their explanatory value as important guides to understand the proprioceptive/kinesthetic system. Finally, we also highlight that there is an opportunity to develop enactive sensorimotor theory in new directions, creating a bridge between the varieties of experiences of oneself and learning skills.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.569403/fullenactive cognitionsensorimotor theoryperception-action-couplingecological selfsocial cognitionagent-based models |
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Ximena González-Grandón Ximena González-Grandón Ximena González-Grandón Andrea Falcón-Cortés Gabriel Ramos-Fernández Gabriel Ramos-Fernández Proprioception in Action: A Matter of Ecological and Social Interaction Frontiers in Psychology enactive cognition sensorimotor theory perception-action-coupling ecological self social cognition agent-based models |
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Ximena González-Grandón Ximena González-Grandón Ximena González-Grandón Andrea Falcón-Cortés Gabriel Ramos-Fernández Gabriel Ramos-Fernández |
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Proprioception in Action: A Matter of Ecological and Social Interaction |
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Proprioception in Action: A Matter of Ecological and Social Interaction |
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Proprioception in Action: A Matter of Ecological and Social Interaction |
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Proprioception in Action: A Matter of Ecological and Social Interaction |
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Proprioception in Action: A Matter of Ecological and Social Interaction |
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proprioception in action: a matter of ecological and social interaction |
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The aim of this paper is to provide a theoretical and formal framework to understand how the proprioceptive and kinesthetic system learns about body position and possibilities for movement in ongoing action and interaction. Whereas most weak embodiment accounts of proprioception focus on positionalist descriptions or on its role as a source of parameters for internal motor control, we argue that these aspects are insufficient to understand how proprioception is integrated into an active organized system in continuous and dynamic interaction with the environment. Our strong embodiment thesis is that one of the main theoretical principles to understand proprioception, as a perceptual experience within concrete situations, is the coupling with kinesthesia and its relational constitution—self, ecological, and social. In our view, these aspects are underdeveloped in current accounts, and an enactive sensorimotor theory enriched with phenomenological descriptions may provide an alternative path toward explaining this skilled experience. Following O'Regan and Noë (2001) sensorimotor contingencies conceptualization, we introduce three distinct notions of proprioceptive kinesthetic-sensorimotor contingencies (PK-SMCs), which we describe conceptually and formally considering three varieties of perceptual experience in action: PK-SMCs-self, PK-SMCs-self-environment, and PK-SMC-self-other. As a proof of concept of our proposal, we developed a minimal PK model to discuss these elements in detail and show their explanatory value as important guides to understand the proprioceptive/kinesthetic system. Finally, we also highlight that there is an opportunity to develop enactive sensorimotor theory in new directions, creating a bridge between the varieties of experiences of oneself and learning skills. |
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enactive cognition sensorimotor theory perception-action-coupling ecological self social cognition agent-based models |
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