The latest volume in the critically acclaimed and highly influential Attention and Performance series focuses on a subject at the heart of psychological research into human performance - the interplay between perception and action. What are the mechanisms that translate the information we receive via our senses into physical actions? How do the mechanisms responsible for producing a response from a given stimulus operate? Recently, new perspectives have emerged, drawing on studies from neuroscience and neurophysiology. Within this volume, state of the art and cutting edge research from...

Modern research demonstrates that imitation is more complex and interesting than classical theories proposed. Monkeys do not imitate whereas humans are prolific imitators. This book provides an analysis of empirical work on imitation and shows how much can be learned through interdisciplinary research ranging from cells to individuals, apes to men, and babies to adults. Covering diverse perspectives on a great puzzle of human psychology, the book is multidisciplinary in its approach to revealing how and why we imitate.

Schmidt and Bannon (1992) introduced the concept of common information space by contrasting it with technical conceptions of shared information: Cooperative work is not facilitated simply by the provisioning of a shared database, but rather requires the active construction by the participants of a common information space where the meanings of the shared objects are debated and resolved, at least locally and temporarily. (Schmidt and Bannon, p. 22) A CIS, then, encompasses not only the information but also the practices by which actors establish its meaning for their collective work. These...

Schmidt and Bannon (1992) introduced the concept of common information space by contrasting it with technical conceptions of shared information: Cooperative work is not facilitated simply by the provisioning of a shared database, but rather requires the active construction by the participants of a common information space where the meanings of the shared objects are debated and resolved, at least locally and temporarily. (Schmidt and Bannon, p. 22) A CIS, then, encompasses not only the information but also the practices by which actors establish its meaning for their collective work. These...

We all know what a voluntary action is--we all think we know when an action is voluntary, and when it is not. First, there has to be some wish or goal, then an action designed to fulfill that wish or attain that goal. This standard view of voluntary action is prominent in both folk psychology and the professional sphere (e.g., the juridical) and guides a great deal of psychological and philosophical reasoning. But is it that simple though? For example, research from the neurosciences has shown us that the brain activation required to perform the action can actually precede the brain...

Modern research demonstrates that imitation is more complex and interesting than classical theories proposed. Monkeys do not imitate whereas humans are prolific imitators. This book provides an analysis of empirical work on imitation and shows how much can be learned through interdisciplinary research ranging from cells to individuals, apes to men, and babies to adults. Covering diverse perspectives on a great puzzle of human psychology, the book is multidisciplinary in its approach to revealing how and why we imitate.

Die Anregung, der dieses Buch seine Entstehung verdankt, geht auf Oskar Graefe zuruck. Ursprunglich sollte es sich lediglich um eine erweiterte Fassung des Einleitungsteils meiner Dissertation handeln - um eine kurzgefasste Darstel lung der experimentellen Reaktionszeitforschung, die 1970 hoch in Blute stand. Fur das, was ich aus dieser Anregung gemacht habe, bin ich naturlich selbst verantwortlich. Der Leser wird unschwer erkennen, dass die vorliegende Arbeit nicht besonders kurz gefasst und auch nicht in erster Linie der Darstellung von Forschungsergebnissen gewidmet ist, sondern der...

This book presents a multidisciplinary approach to the study of relationships between perception and action. It reflects the renewed interest in problems of action control that has emerged in psychology during the last decade and created a new theoretical climate bringing psychology closer to the biological sciences. Each chapter presents both a particular point of view and a comprehensive overview of recent findings relevant to the author's approach.

Eine neue Konferenzreihe entsteht Die Mensch & Computer 2002 ist die zweite fachfibergreifende Konferenz einer neuen Reihe, die mit der M&C 2001 in Bad Honnef erfolgreich eroffnet wurde. Sie soU den interdisziplinaren Dis kurs zu den vieWiltigen Facetten der Mensch-Computer-Interaktion - vor aUem im deutschspra chigen Raum - fordern und bfindeln. Sie ist an internationalem Austausch interessiert und fOrdert ihn durch die Einladung renommierter Referenten und die Publikation englischsprachiger Beitra ge. Diese Reihe wurde auf der Basis eines Memorandums "Mensch & Computer 2000: Information,...