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Mental extrapolation and cognitive penetrability: reply to Ranney and proposals for evaluative criteria
Journal of Experimental Psychology. General
|December 1, 1989
Summary
Mental extrapolation, including representational momentum, appears to be cognitively impenetrable, guided by internal mechanisms rather than beliefs. This research reviews evidence supporting this view against cognitive penetrability arguments.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Perception and Motor Control
- Human Cognition
Background:
- Investigating the cognitive penetrability of mental extrapolation, specifically representational momentum.
- Examining criteria for determining if mental motion extrapolation is influenced by external knowledge or beliefs.
Discussion:
- Addressing arguments from Ranney (1989) and Hubbard & Bharucha (1988) regarding the cognitive penetrability of representational momentum.
- Analyzing recent findings in mental extrapolation and representational momentum in light of proposed criteria.
Key Insights:
- Proposing three criteria to establish cognitive impenetrability in mental motion extrapolation.
- Evidence suggests mental extrapolation mechanisms operate independently of explicit knowledge or expectations.
- Representational momentum is likely governed by inherent properties of underlying cognitive mechanisms.
Outlook:
- Further research is needed to fully elucidate the mechanisms underlying mental extrapolation.
- Exploring the implications of cognitive impenetrability for understanding predictive processing in perception.
- Investigating potential exceptions or boundary conditions for cognitive impenetrability in mental extrapolation.