Knowing What You Need But Not What You Want: Affordances and Action-Defined Templates in Neglect
We examined search for target objects in a patient, MP, showing symptoms of left unilateral neglect. The conditions varied how the target was defined, the numbers of targets and distractors, and whether search was for multiple or single targets. We found that search was substantially improved when t...
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| description | We examined search for target objects in a patient, MP, showing symptoms of left unilateral neglect. The conditions varied how the target was defined, the numbers of targets and distractors, and whether search was for multiple or single targets. We found that search was substantially improved when the target was defined by a description of its action rather than its name. This advantage for action-defined targets increased with larger display sizes. For both action and name-defined targets, there were also larger effects of the number of distractors when search was for multiple rather than single targets, even when the numbers of distractors were kept constant. However, these effects were increased for name-defined targets. The differences between action- and name-defined targets decreased when objects were replaced with words. The data suggest that search could be based on action-defined templates of targets, activated by affordances from objects. The action-defined templates facilitated detection and reduced MP's tendency to re-search displays. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2a784c857b3f42bd94af17c21712d81d2025-02-03T01:00:30ZengWileyBehavioural Neurology0953-41801875-85842002-01-01131-2758710.1155/2002/635685Knowing What You Need But Not What You Want: Affordances and Action-Defined Templates in NeglectGlyn W. Humphreys0M. Jane Riddoch1Behavioural Brain Sciences Centre, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UKBehavioural Brain Sciences Centre, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UKWe examined search for target objects in a patient, MP, showing symptoms of left unilateral neglect. The conditions varied how the target was defined, the numbers of targets and distractors, and whether search was for multiple or single targets. We found that search was substantially improved when the target was defined by a description of its action rather than its name. This advantage for action-defined targets increased with larger display sizes. For both action and name-defined targets, there were also larger effects of the number of distractors when search was for multiple rather than single targets, even when the numbers of distractors were kept constant. However, these effects were increased for name-defined targets. The differences between action- and name-defined targets decreased when objects were replaced with words. The data suggest that search could be based on action-defined templates of targets, activated by affordances from objects. The action-defined templates facilitated detection and reduced MP's tendency to re-search displays.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2002/635685 |
| spellingShingle | Glyn W. Humphreys M. Jane Riddoch Knowing What You Need But Not What You Want: Affordances and Action-Defined Templates in Neglect Behavioural Neurology |
| title | Knowing What You Need But Not What You Want: Affordances and Action-Defined Templates in Neglect |
| title_full | Knowing What You Need But Not What You Want: Affordances and Action-Defined Templates in Neglect |
| title_fullStr | Knowing What You Need But Not What You Want: Affordances and Action-Defined Templates in Neglect |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowing What You Need But Not What You Want: Affordances and Action-Defined Templates in Neglect |
| title_short | Knowing What You Need But Not What You Want: Affordances and Action-Defined Templates in Neglect |
| title_sort | knowing what you need but not what you want affordances and action defined templates in neglect |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2002/635685 |
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