de Vries Simon, Withagen Rob, Zaal Frank T J M
Center for Human Movement Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 196, 9700 AD, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Atten Percept Psychophys. 2015 May;77(4):1396-410. doi: 10.3758/s13414-015-0872-y.
Earlier studies have revealed that the calibration of an action sometimes transfers in a functionally specific way-the calibration of one action transfers to other actions that serve the same goal, even when they are performed with different anatomical structures. In the present study, we tested whether attunement (the process by which perceivers learn to detect a more useful, specifying, informational pattern) follows such a functional organization. Participants were trained to perceive the length of rods by dynamic touch with one of their effectors. It was found that training the right hand resulted in an attunement to a specifying variable with both hands, but not with the feet. Training the other limbs did not result in attunement. However, substantial individual differences were found. The implications of the results are explored for theories on the organization of perceptual learning and discussions on individual differences in perception.
早期研究表明,动作的校准有时会以功能特定的方式转移——一种动作的校准会转移到其他服务于相同目标的动作上,即使它们是通过不同的解剖结构执行的。在本研究中,我们测试了协调(感知者学习检测更有用、更具特异性、信息性模式的过程)是否遵循这样的功能组织。参与者通过用他们的一个效应器进行动态触摸来训练感知杆的长度。结果发现,训练右手会导致两只手对一个特定变量的协调,但脚不会。训练其他肢体并没有导致协调。然而,发现了显著的个体差异。我们探讨了这些结果对感知学习组织理论和感知个体差异讨论的意义。