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The Influence of Action Potentiation on the Perception of Objects Presented Near Hand

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Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Paoletti, Adriana, Thesis advisor (ths): Brown, Liana E, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>For currently-debated reasons, perception of visual stimuli is enhanced in near-hand space compared to far-hand space. According to the action potentiation hypothesis, near-hand effects result from automatically generated potential motor responses produced upon viewing objects presented in near-hand space. This hypothesis was tested by crossing hand manipulations with two separate… more
Full Text: THE INFLUENCE OF ACTION POTENTIATION ON THE PERCEPTION OF OBJECTS PRESENTED NEAR HAND A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree of Master of Science in the Faculty of Arts and Science …