Theory of event coding: Interesting, but underspecified

2001 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 897-898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Oriet ◽  
Biljana Stevanovski ◽  
Pierre Jolicoeur
Keyword(s):  
Time Course ◽  
Perception And Action ◽  
Theory Of Event Coding ◽  
Perception Action ◽  
New Framework

The Theory of Event Coding (TEC) is a new framework for understanding interactions between perception and action. We are concerned that the theory is underspecified, showing that it can easily be used to make exactly opposite predictions. Precise specification of the time course of activation and binding is needed to make the theory useful for understanding the perception-action interface.

Perception, action, and motor control: Interaction does not necessarily imply common structures

2001 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 898-899
Author(s):  
L. Pisella ◽  
A. Kritikos ◽  
Y. Rossetti
Keyword(s):  
Motor Control ◽  
Perception And Action ◽  
Internal Models ◽  
Distractor Interference ◽  
Preliminary Account ◽  
Theory Of Event Coding ◽  
Perception Action ◽  
Control Interaction

The Theory of Event Coding (TEC) provides a preliminary account of the interaction between perception and action, which is consistent with several recent findings in the area of motor control. Significant issues require integration and elaboration, however; particularly, distractor interference, automatic motor corrections, internal models of action, and neuroanatomical bases for the link between perception and action.

The event-code: Not the solution to a problem, but a problem to be solved

2001 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 901-902
Author(s):  
Michael J. Richardson ◽  
Claire F. Michaels
Keyword(s):  
Perception And Action ◽  
Cognitive System ◽  
Common Basis ◽  
Event Code ◽  
Tightly Coupled ◽  
The Common ◽  
Theory Of Event Coding ◽  
Perception Action

We commend the argument that perception and action are tightly coupled. We claim that the argument is not new, that uniting stimulus and response codes is not a problem for a cognitive system, only for psychologists who assume them, and that the Theory of Event Coding (TEC)'s event-codes are arbitrary and ungrounded. Affordances and information offer the common basis for perception-action (and even for event-codes).

The Theory of Event Coding (TEC): A framework for perception and action planning

2001 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 849-878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernhard Hommel ◽  
Jochen Müsseler ◽  
Gisa Aschersleben ◽  
Wolfgang Prinz
Keyword(s):  
Perception And Action ◽  
Action Planning ◽  
Human Information Processing ◽  
Theoretical Treatment ◽  
Stimulus Response ◽  
Spatial Stimulus ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Perception Action ◽  
New Framework

Traditional approaches to human information processing tend to deal with perception and action planning in isolation, so that an adequate account of the perception-action interface is still missing. On the perceptual side, the dominant cognitive view largely underestimates, and thus fails to account for, the impact of action-related processes on both the processing of perceptual information and on perceptual learning. On the action side, most approaches conceive of action planning as a mere continuation of stimulus processing, thus failing to account for the goal-directedness of even the simplest reaction in an experimental task. We propose a new framework for a more adequate theoretical treatment of perception and action planning, in which perceptual contents and action plans are coded in a common representational medium by feature codes with distal reference. Perceived events (perceptions) and to-be-produced events (actions) are equally represented by integrated, task-tuned networks of feature codes – cognitive structures we call event codes. We give an overview of evidence from a wide variety of empirical domains, such as spatial stimulus-response compatibility, sensorimotor synchronization, and ideomotor action, showing that our main assumptions are well supported by the data.

Perception, action planning, and cognitive maps

2001 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 882-882
Author(s):  
Eric Chown ◽  
Lashon B. Booker ◽  
Stephen Kaplan
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Perceptual Learning ◽  
Action Planning ◽  
Cognitive Maps ◽  
Learning Mechanisms ◽  
Cell Assemblies ◽  
Family Resemblances ◽  
Theory Of Event Coding ◽  
Representational Power ◽  
Perception Action

Perceptual learning mechanisms derived from Hebb's theory of cell assemblies can generate prototypic representations capable of extending the representational power of TEC (Theory of Event Coding) event codes. The extended capability includes categorization that accommodates “family resemblances” and problem solving that uses cognitive maps.

scholarly journals Increased perception-action binding in Tourette syndrome

Brain ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 143 (6) ◽  
pp. 1934-1945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maximilian Kleimaker ◽  
Adam Takacs ◽  
Giulia Conte ◽  
Rebecca Onken ◽  
Julius Verrel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tourette Syndrome ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Perception And Action ◽  
Neurodevelopmental Disorder ◽  
Event File ◽  
Cognitive Framework ◽  
Four Levels ◽  
Feature Overlap ◽  
Sensory Processes ◽  
Perception Action

Abstract Gilles de la Tourette syndrome is a multifaceted neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by multiple motor and vocal tics. Research in Tourette syndrome has traditionally focused on the motor system. However, there is increasing evidence that perceptual and cognitive processes play a crucial role as well. Against this background it has been reasoned that processes linking perception and action might be particularly affected in these patients with the strength of perception-action binding being increased. However, this has not yet been studied experimentally. Here, we investigated adult Tourette patients within the framework of the ‘Theory of Event Coding’ using an experimental approach allowing us to directly test the strength of perception-action binding. We included 24 adult patients with Tourette syndrome and n = 24 healthy control subjects using a previously established visual-motor event file task with four levels of feature overlap requiring repeating or alternating responses. Concomitant to behavioural testing, EEG was recorded and analysed using temporal signal decomposition and source localization methods. On a behavioural level, perception-action binding was increased in Tourette patients. Tic frequency correlated with performance in conditions where unbinding processes of previously established perception-action bindings were required with higher tic frequency being associated with stronger perception-action binding. This suggests that perception-action binding is intimately related to the occurrence of tics. Analysis of EEG data showed that behavioural changes cannot be explained based on simple perceptual or motor processes. Instead, cognitive processes linking perception to action in inferior parietal cortices are crucial. Our findings suggest that motor or sensory processes alone are less relevant for the understanding of Tourette syndrome than cognitive processes engaged in linking and restructuring of perception-action association. A broader cognitive framework encompassing perception and action appears well suited to opening new routes for the understanding of Tourette syndrome.

Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 215-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maximilian Kleimaker ◽  
Alexander Kleimaker ◽  
Christian Beste ◽  
Soyoung Q. Park ◽  
Alexander Maximilian Münchau
Keyword(s):  
Tourette Syndrome ◽  
Perception And Action ◽  
General Concept ◽  
Neural Code ◽  
Neuropsychiatric Disorder ◽  
Event File ◽  
Sensorimotor Processing ◽  
Event Files ◽  
Theory Of Event Coding ◽  
Vocal Tics

Abstract. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome is a common, multifaceted neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by multiple motor and vocal tics. Although numerous neuroanatomical and neurophysiological particularities have been documented, there is no general concept or overarching theory to explain the pathophysiology of Tourette syndrome. Given the premonitory urges that precede tics and the altered sensorimotor processing in Tourette syndrome, the “Theory of Event Coding” (TEC) seems to be an attractive framework. TEC assumes that perceptions and actions are bound together and encoded using the same neural code to form so-called “event files.” Depending on the strength of the binding between perception and action, partial repetition of features of an event file can lead to increasing cost because existing event files need to be reconfigured. This is referred to as “partial repetition costs”, which appear to be increased in Tourette patients. This indicates stronger binding within “event files” in Tourette.

scholarly journals On the Evolution of a Radical Concept: Affordances According to Gibson and Their Subsequent Use and Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isis Chong ◽  
Robert W. Proctor
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Perception And Action ◽  
Ecological Psychology ◽  
Direct Perception ◽  
Original Intention ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
Perception Action

James J. Gibson, the founder of ecological psychology, introduced a radical empiricist approach to perception and action centered on direct perception in naturalistic environments that was counter to popular representational views of his time. This direct perception approach and the associated introduction of the affordance concept have been extremely influential in several fields of study. However, since its inception, the affordance concept has evolved in a manner such that it now deviates significantly from Gibson’s original intention. This review follows use of the affordance concept by four sets of influential experimental psychologists: Gibson, Donald Norman, Mike Tucker and Rob Ellis, and Daniel Bub and Michael Masson. Particular attention is paid to the manner in which they applied the concept and the contributions provided by each set of researchers. The primary goal of this review is to determine what cognitive psychologists can take away from developments within the field and what considerations should be taken into account when using the term affordance. Having a more thorough understanding of the factors that led to the concept of affordance and its recent reformulations will better equip cognitive psychologists and, by extension, human factors researchers to further advance the study of perception–action relations.

The perception-action interaction comes first

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-216
Author(s):  
Ludovic Marin ◽  
Julien Lagarde
Keyword(s):  
Perception And Action ◽  
The Other ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Perception Action

AbstractDijkerman & de Haan (D&dH) study perception and action as two independent processes. However, in all daily activities the processes are completely intertwined, so it is difficult to separate one from the other. Humans perceive in order to move and also move in order to perceive. Understanding first how perception and action are coordinated, leads us then to determine how each component works independently.

Adapting Perception, Action, and Technology for Mathematical Reasoning

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 434-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Goldstone ◽  
Tyler Marghetis ◽  
Erik Weitnauer ◽  
Erin R. Ottmar ◽  
David Landy
Keyword(s):  
Perception And Action ◽  
Mathematical Reasoning ◽  
Cognitive Tasks ◽  
Algebraic Reasoning ◽  
Test Case ◽  
Action Systems ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Formal Requirements ◽  
Cultural Tools ◽  
Perception Action

Formal mathematical reasoning provides an illuminating test case for understanding how humans can think about things that they did not evolve to comprehend. People engage in algebraic reasoning by (1) creating new assemblies of perception and action routines that evolved originally for other purposes (reuse), (2) adapting those routines to better fit the formal requirements of mathematics (adaptation), and (3) designing cultural tools that mesh well with our perception-action routines to create cognitive systems capable of mathematical reasoning (invention). We describe evidence that a major component of proficiency at algebraic reasoning is Rigged Up Perception-Action Systems (RUPAS), via which originally demanding, strategically controlled cognitive tasks are converted into learned, automatically executed perception and action routines. Informed by RUPAS, we have designed, implemented, and partially assessed a computer-based algebra tutoring system called Graspable Math with an aim toward training learners to develop perception-action routines that are intuitive, efficient, and mathematically valid.

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