Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University , University Park, PA , USA.
Front Psychol. 2013 Jun 3;4:273. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00273. eCollection 2013.
Actions that are chosen have properties that distinguish them from actions that are not. Of the nearly infinite possible actions that can achieve any given task, many of the unchosen actions are irrelevant, incorrect, or inappropriate. Others are relevant, correct, or appropriate but are disfavored for other reasons. Our research focuses on the question of what distinguishes actions that are chosen from actions that are possible but are not. We review studies that use simple preference methods to identify factors that contribute to action choices, especially for object-manipulation tasks. We can determine which factors are especially important through simple behavioral experiments.
被选择的动作具有与未被选择的动作不同的特性。在几乎可以实现任何给定任务的无数可能动作中，许多未被选择的动作是不相关的、不正确的或不适当的。其他动作是相关的、正确的或适当的，但由于其他原因而不受青睐。我们的研究集中在一个问题上，即是什么区分了被选择的动作和可能的但未被选择的动作。我们回顾了使用简单偏好方法来识别有助于动作选择的因素的研究，特别是对于物体操作任务。我们可以通过简单的行为实验来确定哪些因素特别重要。
