Mental simulation and motor imagery

被引:32
作者
Currie, G
Ravenscroft, I
机构
[1] Philosophy Department, Flinders Univ. of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001
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D O I
10.1086/392541
中图分类号
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 [哲学]; 0101 [哲学]; 010108 [科学技术哲学]; 060207 [中国近代史]; 060305 [世界专门史]; 0712 [科学技术史];
摘要
Motor imagery typically involves an experience as of moving a body part. Recent studies reveal close parallels between the constraints on motor imagery and those on actual motor performance. How are these parallels to be explained? We advance a simulative theory of motor imagery, modeled on the idea that we predict and explain the decisions of others by simulating their decision-making processes. By proposing that motor imagery is essentially off-line motor action, we explain the tendency of motor imagery to mimic motor performance. We close by arguing that a simulative theory of motor imagery gives (modest) support to and illumination of the simulative theory of decision-prediction.
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页码:161 / 180
页数:20
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