Winawer Jonathan, Huk Alexander C, Boroditsky Lera
Stanford University, Psychology Department, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Psychol Sci. 2008 Mar;19(3):276-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02080.x.
A photograph of an action can convey a vivid sense of motion. Does the inference of motion from viewing a photograph involve the same neural and psychological representations used when one views physical motion? In this study, we tested whether implied motion is represented by the same direction-selective signals involved in the perception of real motion. We made use of the motion aftereffect, a visual motion illusion. Three experiments showed that viewing a series of static photographs with implied motion in a particular direction produced motion aftereffects in the opposite direction, as assessed with real-motion test probes. The transfer of adaptation from motion depicted in photographs to real motion demonstrates that the perception of implied motion activates direction-selective circuits that are also involved in processing real motion.
一张动作照片可以传达生动的动感。从观看照片推断动作是否涉及到观看实际动作时所使用的相同神经和心理表征？在本研究中，我们测试了暗示动作是否由与实际动作感知中相同的方向选择性信号所表征。我们利用了运动后效，一种视觉运动错觉。三项实验表明，观看一系列具有特定方向暗示动作的静态照片会产生相反方向的运动后效，这是通过实际运动测试探针评估得出的。从照片中描绘的动作到实际运动的适应转移表明，暗示动作的感知激活了也参与处理实际运动的方向选择性回路。
