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Perception or response bias?: evaluating competing hypotheses through automation of action-control

dc.contributor.authorTenhundfeld, Nathan L., author
dc.contributor.authorWitt, Jessica, advisor
dc.contributor.authorClegg, Benjamin, committee member
dc.contributor.authorGibbons, Alyssa, committee member
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Charles A. P., committee member
dc.contributor.authorWickens, Christopher, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-17T16:46:22Z
dc.date.available2018-01-17T16:46:22Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThe claim of action-specific researchers is that one's ability to act affects his or her perception of the environment. When using a reach extending tool, such as a stick, objects appear closer than they do without using that stick. However, whether these effects are perception or simply a response bias has been hotly contested. In this dissertation, four experiments were run using the Pong task to be able to differentiate between a response bias and evidence for a perceptual account. Results indicate that not only were results not in line with a response bias account, but they were what the action-specific account of perception would predict. Results are discussed in context of what this means for theories of visual perception. Results are then discussed in relation to the motor simulation hypothesis to evaluate its validity as an explanation for action-specific effects. Finally, given the nature of the experimental design, a framework for a Theory of Automation Embodiment is developed.
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dc.format.mediumdoctoral dissertations
dc.identifierTenhundfeld_colostate_0053A_14613.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/185780
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2000-2019
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dc.subjectautomation embodiment
dc.subjectperception
dc.subjectembodied perception
dc.subjectautomation
dc.titlePerception or response bias?: evaluating competing hypotheses through automation of action-control
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thesis.degree.disciplinePsychology
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

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