What are they up to? The role of sensory evidence and prior knowledge in action understanding

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Chambon, Valerian ^a   Domenech, Philippe ^a   Pacherie, Elisabeth ^b   Koechlin, Etienne ^c   Baraduc, Pierre ^a   Farrer, Chlöé ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b INSTITUT JEAN NICOD   (France)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^d Brain and Cognition Research Center in Toulouse   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSATION; TIME;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTENTION; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SENSATION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951974362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017133     Document Type: Article

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