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Informational constraints on perception of maximum reach-with-jump for others

Weast, Julie A
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1377872708

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2013, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Psychology.
Humans can perceive affordances–invariant combinations of surface/substance properties of the environment taken with reference to an animal–action capabilities that describe possibilities for action–for themselves and others. For example, we can perceive the affordance of reach-with-jump (RWJ)–the maximum height one can reach overhead while jumping–for another person without ever seeing the person jump. Accurate perception of affordances for others requires perceptual information about the other's capacity to produce force; after observing another's walking patterns, observers improve in their perception of the other's RWJ height, suggesting there is structure in a person's walking kinematics which is informative about his/her ability to jump to reach an object. Athletes demonstrate a superior ability to perceive the action capabilities of others; after basketball players observe an actor's walking patterns, they improve in their perception of RWJ for the actor more so than controls. This implicates movement kinematics as the fundamental information provided by walking motion, and suggests basketball players are more sensitive to the structure available in the kinematics that allows accurate affordance perception; however, the nature of this structure remains unclear.
Kevin Shockley, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Sarah Cummins-Sebree, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Michael Richardson, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Michael Riley, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
56 p.
Psychology
affordances; sport; movement kinematics

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  • Weast, J. A. (2013). Informational constraints on perception of maximum reach-with-jump for others [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1377872708

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Weast, Julie. Informational constraints on perception of maximum reach-with-jump for others. 2013. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1377872708.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Weast, Julie. "Informational constraints on perception of maximum reach-with-jump for others." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1377872708

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