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01-04-2004 | Original Article

A short history of ideo-motor action

Auteurs: Armin Stock, Claudia Stock

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 2-3/2004

Abstract

The ideo-motor theory, which is currently receiving heightened interest in cognitive psychology, looks back on a long history. Essentially two historical roots can be presented. A British one, initiated by Laycock (1845) and Carpenter (1852), which was developed in order to explain ideo-motor phenomena by means of cerebral reflex actions. A second and older root is the German one by Herbart (1816, 1825), Lotze (1852), and Harless (1861), which considered the ideo-motor principle a fundamental mechanism of all intentional human behaviour. Both roots converged in James’ (1890) Principles of Psychology before they fell into oblivion due to the dominance of behaviorism in the first half of the 20th century. The few empirical ideo-motor studies of the early 20th century are briefly described. Finally, similarities and differences in the history of the ideo-motor theory are delineated and a perspective is given covering research questions that could be examined in the future.

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In the history of psychology the conception of physiological psychology is usually ascribed to Wilhelm Wundt (1873/1874). This is not entirely correct when considering the work of the research-group around Carpenter.

Nevertheless, Carpenter denied that Laycock had already described the triggering of cerebral reflexes by ideas and presented these findings of Laycock as his own. This resulted in an ongoing dispute concerning authorship between the two (cf. Carpenter, 1871; Laycock, 1860, 1876).

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Titel: A short history of ideo-motor action
Auteurs: Armin Stock
Claudia Stock
Publicatiedatum: 01-04-2004
Uitgeverij: Springer-Verlag
Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research / Uitgave 2-3/2004
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-003-0154-5

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