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Philip Tseng1, Timothy Lane1, Bruce Bridgeman2

  • 1Institute of Humanities in Medicine,Taipei Medical University,Taipei City 11031,Taiwan.philip@tmu.edu.twhttp://medhuman1.tmu.edu.tw/philip/.

The Behavioral and Brain Sciences
|March 31, 2017
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This study clarifies Firestone & Scholl's checklist items using empirical examples. It explains perceptual effects through attention and memory, highlighting action studies' susceptibility to misattribution errors.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Perception Science
  • Embodied Cognition

Background:

  • Firestone & Scholl's (F&S's) checklist is a tool for analyzing perceptual phenomena.
  • Distinguishing true perceptual effects from attentional and memory confounds is crucial in cognitive research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide empirical examples clarifying items on the F&S checklist.
  • To explain perceptual effects using attentional and memory frameworks.
  • To identify factors contributing to misattributions in action and embodied cognition studies.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual clarification of F&S checklist items.
  • Analysis of perceptual effects through the lens of attention and memory.
  • Examination of characteristics in action studies potentially leading to misattributions.

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Main Results:

  • Empirical examples were provided to illustrate F&S checklist items.
  • Attentional and memory perspectives were used to explain perceptual effects.
  • Four unique characteristics of action studies were identified as potential sources of misattribution.

Conclusions:

  • Action and embodied cognition studies are particularly prone to misattributing attentional and memory effects as perceptual.
  • Understanding these misattributions is key for accurate interpretation of findings in these fields.
  • Further research into the identified characteristics can refine experimental designs and analysis.