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THE ROLE OF PAST EXPERIENCE IN APPARENT MOVEMENT: A REVALUATION
Author(s) -
TOCH HANS H.,
ITTELSON WILLIAM H.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1956.tb00582.x
Subject(s) - psychology , movement (music) , perception , cognitive psychology , stimulus (psychology) , social psychology , aesthetics , neuroscience , philosophy
An attempt is made to provide a theoretical framework within which data concerning effect of stimulus connotations on perceived movement might be evaluated. Jones's & Bruner's (1954) results, and those of our own study, have been examined in this context. In both cases, it was possible to demonstrate that loading through meaning, to be effective, had to be compatible with generalized past experiences with movement, or (from a structuralist viewpoint) with physiological mechanisms underlying movement perception. Jones's & Bruner's failure to obtain satisfactory positive results could thus be regarded as due to their underestimation of determinants underlying stroboscopie movement as such. Similarly, successful loading with an adaptation of von Schiller's paradigm could be anticipated, given fact that equipotential movement alternatives were provided. extent of phenomenal results of loading through connotation was assumed to provide a measure of influence of relevant past experiences.