2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Investigation of the role of embodiment and action knowledge in 3-D object recognition
Project/Area Number |
21700287
|
Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
|
Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
Cognitive science
|
Research Institution | Kyoto University |
Principal Investigator |
|
Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
|
Keywords | 三次元物体認知 / 心的回転 / 身体性 |
Research Abstract |
This study was conducted to clarify the role of embodiment and action knowledge in 3-D object recognition. The following results were obtained :(1) Active exploration of novel 3-D object views facilitated subsequent view generalization in the right-screw direction that was easiest for rotation of the hand.(2) When common objects are recognized in non-upright views, in the case of graspable objects, views rotated in the right-screw direction about the horizontal axis was recognized faster than those rotated in the left-screw direction, and in the case of non-graspable large objects(e. g. bed, sofa), vice versa. This suggests that motor simulation, that is, imagined rotation of graspable objects by hand rotation, was utilized to recognize non-upright views. These results are the first experimental evidences that showed the effect of the biomechanical constraints of hands and action knowledge of objects on 3-D object recognition.
|
Research Products
(6 results)