Wolfgang Prinz’s research while affiliated with Technical University of Munich and other places

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Perception and Action Planning
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June 1997

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European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Wolfgang Prinz

A new framework for the understanding of functional relationships between perception and action is discussed. According to this framework, perceived events and planned actions share a common representational domain (common-coding approach). Supporting evidence from two classes of experimental paradigms is presented: induction paradigms and interference paradigms. Induction paradigms study how certain stimuli induce certain actions by virtue of similarity. Evidence from two types of induction tasks is reviewed: sensorimotor synchronisation and spatial compatibility tasks. Interference paradigms study the mutual interference between the perception of ongoing events and the preparation and control of ongoing action. Again, evidence from two types of such tasks is reviewed, implying interference in either direction. It is concluded that the evidence available supports the common coding principle. A further general principle emerging from these studies is the action effect principle that is, the principle that cognitive representations of action effects play a critical role in the planning and control of these actions.

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... That is, segmentation of the surroundings into meaningful events seems to affect action control. While it is still unclear how such segmentation is translated into ongoing action, there are unquestionable mutual effects between action and perception (e.g., Hommel et al., 2001;Müsseler & Hommel, 1997;Prinz, 1997;Witt & Proffitt, 2005). For example, performance in individual keypresses is affected by the repeated perception of recently encountered stimuli (e.g., Frings et al., 2007). ...

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Large Scale Event Segmentation Affects the Microlevel Action Control Processes
Perception and Action Planning
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  • June 1997

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology