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HiTEC: a connectionist model of the interaction between perception and action planning
Pascal Haazebroek1, Antonino Raffone2, Bernhard Hommel3
1Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden, The Netherlands. phaazebroek@fsw.leidenuniv.nl.
Psychological Research
|September 14, 2016
Summary
This study introduces HiTEC, a connectionist model explaining how perception and action planning interact dynamically. HiTEC accounts for automatic stimulus-response translation and task demands in sensorimotor processing.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Science
- Computational Neuroscience
- Psychology
Background:
- Perception and action planning are increasingly viewed as interactive, not sequential.
- Existing models lack comprehensive explanations for sensorimotor integration dynamics.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a connectionist model (HiTEC) capturing the interactive nature of perception and action planning.
- To explain the emergence of action meaning, automaticity in stimulus-response translation, and task-demand modulation.
Main Methods:
- Developed HiTEC, a connectionist model based on the Theory of Event Coding.
- Utilized multi-level and shared representations and processes.
- Simulated key findings from various experimental paradigms.
Main Results:
- HiTEC provides a unified account for the interaction between perception and action.
- The model successfully simulated phenomena like the Simon effect and its inversion.
- Action-effect learning was also accounted for by the model.
Conclusions:
- HiTEC offers a comprehensive framework for understanding sensorimotor processing.
- The model highlights the importance of interactive processes in human cognition.
- HiTEC advances our understanding of how meaning and automaticity arise in action planning.
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