Action representation across ages and cultures: Recognition of action means-end change in German and Chinese children and adults

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	Action representation across ages and cultures: Recognition of action means-end change in German and Chinese children and adults
	Wang, Lamei1,3,4 ; Fu, Xiaolan2,3,4 ; Zimmer, Hubert D.3,4,5; Umla-Runge, Katja 3,4,5; Aschersleben, Gisa 3,4,5
刊名	JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
	2013-12-01
卷号	25 期号:8 页码:941-948
关键词	Action complexity Action familiarity Action representation Means-end change detection Preschool children
英文摘要	Actions can be represented as a hierarchy of goals and means, whereas the granularity of the top level depends on the action's complexity. So far, most evidence comes from imitation studies. We explored this issue by evaluating the detection of means and end changes in a recognition paradigm across ages and cultures. German and Chinese preschoolers (n = 53) and adults (n = 58) studied videos of tool-use actions differing in complexity and familiarity. In the test phase, participants judged identical, means-changed and end-changed actions as same or different. Changes of the actions' end were generally identified more accurately independent of age and culture. Means' changes, but not ends' changes, were detected more frequently for complex than for simple actions. Changes in familiar actions were recognised better than changes in unfamiliar actions. The data supports a hierarchical model of action representation where the end information is superordinate to means information.
WOS标题词	Social Sciences
类目[WOS]	Psychology, Experimental
研究领域[WOS]	Psychology
关键词[WOS]	IMITATION ; KNOWLEDGE
收录类别	SSCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000326868000005
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/10767]
专题	心理研究所_脑与认知科学国家重点实验室
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Key Lab Behav Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, State Key Lab Brain & Cognit Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Univ Saarland, Int Res Training Grp Adapt Minds Neural & Environ, D-66123 Saarbrucken, Germany 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 5.Univ Saarland, Dept Psychol, D-66041 Saarbrucken, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Lamei,Fu, Xiaolan,Zimmer, Hubert D.,et al. Action representation across ages and cultures: Recognition of action means-end change in German and Chinese children and adults[J]. JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY,2013,25(8):941-948.
APA	Wang, Lamei,Fu, Xiaolan,Zimmer, Hubert D.,Umla-Runge, Katja,&Aschersleben, Gisa.(2013).Action representation across ages and cultures: Recognition of action means-end change in German and Chinese children and adults.JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY,25(8),941-948.
MLA	Wang, Lamei,et al."Action representation across ages and cultures: Recognition of action means-end change in German and Chinese children and adults".JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 25.8(2013):941-948.