Gestalt Principles in the Control of Motor Action

 

 

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Gestalt Principles in the Control of Motor Action

via ScienceDirect Publication: Psychological Bulletin on 5/4/11

Publication year: 2011
Source: Psychological Bulletin, Volume 137, Issue 3, May 2011, Pages 443-462
Stuart T., Klapp , Richard J., Jagacinski
We argue that 4 fundamental gestalt phenomena in perception apply to the control of motor action. First, a motor gestalt, like a perceptual gestalt, is holistic in the sense that it is processed as a single unit. This notion is consistent with reaction time results indicating that all gestures for a brief unit of action must be programmed prior to initiation of any part of the movement. Additional reaction time results related to initiation of longer responses are consistent with processing in terms of a sequence of indivisible motor gestalts. Some actions (e.g., many involving coordination of the hands) can...

 

 

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