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The visible face of intention: why kinematics matters

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Psychology, July 2014
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Title
The visible face of intention: why kinematics matters
Published in
Frontiers in Psychology, July 2014
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00815
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Authors

Caterina Ansuini, Andrea Cavallo, Cesare Bertone, Cristina Becchio

Abstract

A key component of social understanding is the ability to read intentions from movements. But how do we discern intentions in others' actions? What kind of intention information is actually available in the features of others' movements? Based on the assumption that intentions are hidden away in the other person's mind, standard theories of social cognition have mainly focused on the contribution of higher level processes. Here, we delineate an alternative approach to the problem of intention-from-movement understanding. We argue that intentions become "visible" in the surface flow of agents' motions. Consequently, the ability to understand others' intentions cannot be divorced from the capability to detect essential kinematics. This hypothesis has far reaching implications for how we know other minds and predict others' behavior.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 2%
Italy 1 <1%
Portugal 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Unknown 112 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 34 29%
Researcher 22 19%
Student > Master 11 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 8 7%
Professor 7 6%
Other 26 22%
Unknown 10 8%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 47 40%
Neuroscience 19 16%
Computer Science 7 6%
Engineering 6 5%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 4%
Other 14 12%
Unknown 20 17%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 July 2014.
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#6,839,610
of 24,791,202 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Psychology
#9,771
of 33,436 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#60,228
of 234,269 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Psychology
#158
of 374 outputs
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