Rediscovering Richard Held: Activity and Passivity in Perceptual Learning

Autores
Bermejo, Fernando Raul; Hug, Mercedes Ximena; Di Paolo, Ezequiel Alejandro
Año de publicación
2020
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inglés
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versión publicada
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Understanding the role of self-generated movements in perceptual learning is central to action-based theories of perception. Pioneering work on sensory adaptation by Richard M. Held during the 1950s and 1960s can still shed light on this question. In a variety of rich experiments Held and his team demonstrated the need for self-generated movements in sensory adaptation and perceptual learning. This body of work received different critical interpretations, was then forgotten for some time, and saw a surge of revived interest within embodied cognitive science. Through a brief review of Held’s work and reactions to it, we seek to contribute to discussions on the role of activity and passivity in perceptual learning. We classify different positions according to whether this role is considered to be contextual (facilitatory, but not necessary), enabling (causally necessary), or constitutive (an inextricable part of the learning process itself). We also offer a critique of the notions of activity and passivity and how they are operationalized in experimental studies. The active-passive distinction is not a binary but involves a series of dimensions and relative degrees that can make it difficult to interpret and replicate experimental results. We introduce three of these dimensions drawing on work on the sense of agency: action initiation, control, and monitoring. These refinements in terms of causal relations and dimensions of activity-passivity should help illuminate open questions concerning the role of activity in perception and perceptual learning and clarify the convergences and differences between enaction and ecological psychology.
Fil: Bermejo, Fernando Raul. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Psicología; Argentina. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Córdoba. Centro de Investigación y Transferencia en Acústica; Argentina
Fil: Hug, Mercedes Ximena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Psicología; Argentina. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Córdoba. Centro de Investigación y Transferencia en Acústica; Argentina
Fil: Di Paolo, Ezequiel Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad del País Vasco; España. University of Sussex; Reino Unido. Ikerbasque; España
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ACTIVITY
ECOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
ENACTION
PASSIVITY
PERCEPTUAL LEARNING
RICHARD M. HELD
SELF-GENERATED MOVEMENTS
SENSORY ADAPTATION
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Rediscovering Richard Held: Activity and Passivity in Perceptual Learning
title Rediscovering Richard Held: Activity and Passivity in Perceptual Learning
spellingShingle Rediscovering Richard Held: Activity and Passivity in Perceptual Learning
Bermejo, Fernando Raul
ACTIVITY
ECOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
ENACTION
PASSIVITY
PERCEPTUAL LEARNING
RICHARD M. HELD
SELF-GENERATED MOVEMENTS
SENSORY ADAPTATION
title_short Rediscovering Richard Held: Activity and Passivity in Perceptual Learning
title_full Rediscovering Richard Held: Activity and Passivity in Perceptual Learning
title_fullStr Rediscovering Richard Held: Activity and Passivity in Perceptual Learning
title_full_unstemmed Rediscovering Richard Held: Activity and Passivity in Perceptual Learning
title_sort Rediscovering Richard Held: Activity and Passivity in Perceptual Learning
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Bermejo, Fernando Raul
Hug, Mercedes Ximena
Di Paolo, Ezequiel Alejandro
author Bermejo, Fernando Raul
author_facet Bermejo, Fernando Raul
Hug, Mercedes Ximena
Di Paolo, Ezequiel Alejandro
author_role author
author2 Hug, Mercedes Ximena
Di Paolo, Ezequiel Alejandro
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ACTIVITY
ECOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
ENACTION
PASSIVITY
PERCEPTUAL LEARNING
RICHARD M. HELD
SELF-GENERATED MOVEMENTS
SENSORY ADAPTATION
topic ACTIVITY
ECOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
ENACTION
PASSIVITY
PERCEPTUAL LEARNING
RICHARD M. HELD
SELF-GENERATED MOVEMENTS
SENSORY ADAPTATION
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Understanding the role of self-generated movements in perceptual learning is central to action-based theories of perception. Pioneering work on sensory adaptation by Richard M. Held during the 1950s and 1960s can still shed light on this question. In a variety of rich experiments Held and his team demonstrated the need for self-generated movements in sensory adaptation and perceptual learning. This body of work received different critical interpretations, was then forgotten for some time, and saw a surge of revived interest within embodied cognitive science. Through a brief review of Held’s work and reactions to it, we seek to contribute to discussions on the role of activity and passivity in perceptual learning. We classify different positions according to whether this role is considered to be contextual (facilitatory, but not necessary), enabling (causally necessary), or constitutive (an inextricable part of the learning process itself). We also offer a critique of the notions of activity and passivity and how they are operationalized in experimental studies. The active-passive distinction is not a binary but involves a series of dimensions and relative degrees that can make it difficult to interpret and replicate experimental results. We introduce three of these dimensions drawing on work on the sense of agency: action initiation, control, and monitoring. These refinements in terms of causal relations and dimensions of activity-passivity should help illuminate open questions concerning the role of activity in perception and perceptual learning and clarify the convergences and differences between enaction and ecological psychology.
Fil: Bermejo, Fernando Raul. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Psicología; Argentina. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Córdoba. Centro de Investigación y Transferencia en Acústica; Argentina
Fil: Hug, Mercedes Ximena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Psicología; Argentina. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Córdoba. Centro de Investigación y Transferencia en Acústica; Argentina
Fil: Di Paolo, Ezequiel Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad del País Vasco; España. University of Sussex; Reino Unido. Ikerbasque; España
description Understanding the role of self-generated movements in perceptual learning is central to action-based theories of perception. Pioneering work on sensory adaptation by Richard M. Held during the 1950s and 1960s can still shed light on this question. In a variety of rich experiments Held and his team demonstrated the need for self-generated movements in sensory adaptation and perceptual learning. This body of work received different critical interpretations, was then forgotten for some time, and saw a surge of revived interest within embodied cognitive science. Through a brief review of Held’s work and reactions to it, we seek to contribute to discussions on the role of activity and passivity in perceptual learning. We classify different positions according to whether this role is considered to be contextual (facilitatory, but not necessary), enabling (causally necessary), or constitutive (an inextricable part of the learning process itself). We also offer a critique of the notions of activity and passivity and how they are operationalized in experimental studies. The active-passive distinction is not a binary but involves a series of dimensions and relative degrees that can make it difficult to interpret and replicate experimental results. We introduce three of these dimensions drawing on work on the sense of agency: action initiation, control, and monitoring. These refinements in terms of causal relations and dimensions of activity-passivity should help illuminate open questions concerning the role of activity in perception and perceptual learning and clarify the convergences and differences between enaction and ecological psychology.
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