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Embodiment, spatial categorisation and action.

Yann Coello1, Yvonne Delevoye-Turrell

  • 1Laboratory URECA (EA 1059), University Charles de Gaulle-Lille3, BP 60149, F.59653 Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex, France. yann.coello@univ-lille3.fr

Consciousness and Cognition
|August 31, 2007
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Visual space perception relies on how our bodies represent movement, not just sensory input. Pre-reflective body representations guide spatial categorization and action selection.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Perception Psychology
  • Embodied Cognition

Background:

  • The subjective experience of a continuous visual world contrasts with sensory system limitations.
  • Understanding how we perceive and categorize visual space is crucial for cognitive science.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore how pre-reflective body representations influence visual space perception and categorization.
  • To present empirical data and a neuro-cognitive model for space perception.

Main Methods:

  • Review of recent empirical data in cognitive neurosciences.
  • Analysis of multidimensional categorization of perceptual space.
  • Description of a neuro-cognitive model integrating afferent and efferent information.

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Main Results:

  • Perceptual space categorization depends on both experiential and functional body representations.
  • Body-in-action representations are largely pre-reflective, with limited conscious access.
  • Action simulation and predicted sensory consequences underpin pre-reflective body representations for space categorization.

Conclusions:

  • Pre-reflective body representations are fundamental to visual space perception and action selection.
  • The proposed neuro-cognitive model offers a framework for understanding embodied perception.
  • Embodied cognition principles are essential for explaining spatial awareness and interaction with the environment.