TY - JOUR
T1 - Action identity
T2 - Evidence from self-recognition, prediction, and coordination
AU - Knoblich, Günther
AU - Flach, Rüdiger
PY - 2003/12
Y1 - 2003/12
N2 - Prior research suggests that the action system is responsible for creating an immediate sense of self by determining whether certain sensations and perceptions are the result of one's own actions. In addition, it is assumed that declarative, episodic, or autobiographical memories create a temporally extended sense of self or some form of identity. In the present article, we review recent evidence suggesting that action (procedural) knowledge also forms part of a person's identity, an action identity, so to speak. Experiments that addressed self-recognition of past actions, prediction, and coordination provide ample evidence for this assumption. The phenomena observed in these experiments can be explained by the assumption that observing an action results in the activation of action representations, the more so, when the action observed corresponds to the way in which the observer would produce it.
AB - Prior research suggests that the action system is responsible for creating an immediate sense of self by determining whether certain sensations and perceptions are the result of one's own actions. In addition, it is assumed that declarative, episodic, or autobiographical memories create a temporally extended sense of self or some form of identity. In the present article, we review recent evidence suggesting that action (procedural) knowledge also forms part of a person's identity, an action identity, so to speak. Experiments that addressed self-recognition of past actions, prediction, and coordination provide ample evidence for this assumption. The phenomena observed in these experiments can be explained by the assumption that observing an action results in the activation of action representations, the more so, when the action observed corresponds to the way in which the observer would produce it.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0344946100&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S1053-8100(03)00070-9
DO - 10.1016/S1053-8100(03)00070-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 14656505
AN - SCOPUS:0344946100
SN - 1053-8100
VL - 12
SP - 620
EP - 632
JO - Consciousness and Cognition
JF - Consciousness and Cognition
IS - 4
ER -