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01-01-2014 | Original Article

Tool characteristics in imagery of tool actions

Auteurs: Martina Rieger, Cristina Massen

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 1/2014

Abstract

Are tool characteristics represented in imagined tool actions? In two experiments participants imagined and executed coloring rectangles with a thick and a thin pen. In Experiment 2, an additional execution condition without visual feedback of coloring allowed us to dissociate between the relevance of kinesthetic and visual feedback. Pen thickness influenced coloring durations in all conditions, indicating that characteristics of a simple tool are represented during imagery. Imagination was shorter than execution, indicating that imagination may be less detailed than execution. Execution without visual feedback was even shorter than imagination, indicating that vision is more important than kinesthesis for differences between imagination and execution, and that either imagining the movement, inhibiting movement execution or imagining the progress of the action is effortful during imagery. In conclusion, characteristics of simple tools are represented in imagined tool actions but the representation of tools’ effects may not always be adequate.

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We also analyzed (here and in “Experiment 2”) the accuracy with which participants colored the rectangles (% colored area) in the execution condition and correlated it with the execution—imagination difference in coloring duration. Correlations seemed to indicate that participants who colored lesser area of the rectangle showed lower execution—imagination differences. However, most correlations were low and not significant. This was probably due to low variability in the variable percentage of colored area, as most participants colored the rectangles nearly completely. We therefore decided not to report those results.

Participants also performed another task: after coloring each rectangle they were presented the same rectangle and were asked to draw the first stroke which they had just drawn. Because this task did not yield any interesting findings we will not report the results.

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Titel: Tool characteristics in imagery of tool actions
Auteurs: Martina Rieger
Cristina Massen
Publicatiedatum: 01-01-2014
Uitgeverij: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research / Uitgave 1/2014
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-013-0481-0

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