Action Understanding

In this Element, the authors address the human ability to effortlessly understand the actions of other people by first considering the kinds of information an observer may gain when viewing an action.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. What, how, and why?; 3. Attention and automaticity; 4. Brain mechanisms; 5. Directions for future research; 6. Concluding remarks.

Summary

In this Element, the authors address the human ability to effortlessly understand the actions of other people by first considering the kinds of information an observer may gain when viewing an action.

Foreword

This Element presents a broad, first-principles approach to action understanding: why and how we do it, and its brain systems.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Downing, Angelika Lingnau, Angelika (Universitat Regensburg Lingnau
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2024
• EAN: 9781009386623
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0938662-3
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Perception
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, SCIENCE / Cognitive Science, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Neurosciences, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Cognitive studies, Cognitive Science