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Implicit Perception in Action -- Short-lived motor representations of space (1998)
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@MISC{Rossetti98implicitperception,
author = {Yves Rossetti},
title = {Implicit Perception in Action -- Short-lived motor representations of space},
year = {1998}
}
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Abstract
Perception is often conscious, which allows one to report about the object of perception, and to elaborate deliberate actions in the environment. But there is a considerable body of evidence that action does not always result primarily from such elaborated perceptual processes. These two statements are illustrated on Figure 6.1. The experimental data reported in this chapter represent an attempt to summarize several instances of implicit (or non-conscious) use of sensory information during action. These data make it clear that the idea of a pure serial processing of sensory information from mental representation to action (see Figure 6.1: upper panel) is out of date. Examples of such implicit sensory representation will be obtained from various experimental fields ranging from psychology to neurophysiology and neuropsychology. These empirical data not only make the case for a dissociation between conscious awareness and motor representations of sensory targets, but also provide a basis for understanding how these two representations can interact (see Figure 6.1). Current theoretical and experimental work about consciousness seems to make the assumption that implicit processing may be an intermediate level between brain mechanisms and consciousness (e.g. Rossetti 1992, Bock and
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action short-lived motor representation implicit perception sensory information experimental work brain mechanism conscious awareness sensory target implicit processing empirical data upper panel several instance intermediate level perceptual process various experimental field deliberate action experimental data implicit sensory representation mental representation considerable body motor representation pure serial processing
