| Budget Amount *help |
¥12,090,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,790,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The ability to perceive others’ actions is directly linked to motor learning abilities and performance. Recent evidence has shown that perception of others’ actions can be enhanced by direct motor experience of the actions. However, little is known about the contribution of information acquired from motor experience towards skilled action perception. In the present study, we focused on kinesthetic information specifically acquired via motor experience, as a possible contributor towards skilled action perception. The main findings are as follows: 1) athletes with high action perception can simulate observed actions by others, using their own motor systems; 2) these athletes use kinesthetic information acquired through direct motor experience to understand others’ actions; and 3) simulation can be enhanced through concurrent imitation during action observation, despite low action perception capabilities.
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