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Visual impressions of forces between objects: Entraining, enforced disintegration, and shattering

White, Peter Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9080-6678 2011. Visual impressions of forces between objects: Entraining, enforced disintegration, and shattering. Visual Cognition 19 (5) , pp. 635-674. 10.1080/13506285.2011.575898

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Abstract

When a moving object (A) contacts a stationary one (B) and Object B then moves, visual impressions of force occur along with a visual impression of causality. It is shown that findings about force impressions that occur with launching effect stimuli generalize to other forms of phenomenal causality, namely entraining, enforced disintegration, and shattering stimuli. In particular, evidence is reported for generality of the force asymmetry, in which the amount of perceived force exerted by Object A is greater than the amount of perceived resistance put up by Object B. Effects of manipulations of kinematic variables also resembled those found in previous experiments. Some unpredicted findings occurred. It is argued that these reflect a change in perceptual interpretation when both objects are in motion prior to contact, due to both objects being perceived as in autonomous motion. The results are consistent with a theoretical account in which force impressions occur by a process of matching kinematic information in visual stimuli to stored representations of actions on objects, which supply information about forces.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Psychology
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords: Entraining, Force impressions, Phenomenal causality, Launching effect, Causal perception
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISSN: 1350-6285
Last Modified: 20 Oct 2022 09:16
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/31202

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