Perception of own and other individuals' movements [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Tanja Hohmann

Perception of own and other individuals’ movements Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Philosophie des Fachbereichs Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen vorgelegt von Tanja Hohmann aus Gießen 2008 - 1 - Dekan: Prof. Dr. Joachim Clemens Brunstein 1. Berichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Jörn Munzert 2. Berichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Dr. Markus Raab - 2 - 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 7 2. BACKGROUND ................. 11 2.1 Perception of biological motion ................... 11 2.1.1 The point light-method ......................................................................................... 12 2.1.2 What is perceived? ................................ 14 2.1.3 How is biological motion perceived? ... 16 2.1.4 Neuroscientific findings ........................ 20 3. INTERACTION OF PERCEPTION AND ACTION ..................................................... 22 3.1 Theoretical approaches ................................................................ 22 3.1.1 Action planning ..................................... 22 3.1.2 Common Coding Theory ...................... 25 3.1.3 Theory of event coding .......................... 31 3.1.4 “Simulation Theory” versus “Theory Theory” ..................................................