characteristics of motor resonance predict the pattern of flash-lag effects for biological motion电机共振的特征预测flash-lag影响生物运动的模式.pdfVIP

Characteristics of Motor Resonance Predict the Pattern of Flash-Lag Effects for Biological Motion 1,2 1 1 1 Klaus Kessler *, Lucy Gordon , Kari Cessford , Martin Lages 1 Department of Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2 Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (CCNi), Department of Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom Abstract Background: When a moving stimulus and a briefly flashed static stimulus are physically aligned in space the static stimulus is perceived as lagging behind the moving stimulus. This vastly replicated phenomenon is known as the Flash-Lag Effect (FLE). For the first time we employed biological motion as the moving stimulus, which is important for two reasons. Firstly, biological motion is processed by visual as well as somatosensory brain areas, which makes it a prime candidate for elucidating the interplay between the two systems with respect to the FLE. Secondly, discussions about the mechanisms of the FLE tend to recur to evolutionary arguments, while most studies employ highly artificial stimuli with constant velocities. Methodology/Principal Finding: Since biological motion is ecologically valid it follows complex patterns with changing velocity. We therefore compared biological to symbolic motion with the same acceleration profile. Our results with 16 observers revealed a qualitatively different pattern for biological compared to symbolic motion and this pattern was predicted by the characteristics of motor resonance: The amount of anticipatory processing of perceived actions based on the induced perspective and agency modulated the FLE. Conclusions/Significance: Our study provides first evidence for an FLE wi