Action Predictions Facilitate Embodied Geometric Reasoning.

ABSTRACT: Task-relevant actions can facilitate mathematical thinking, even for complex topics, such as mathematical proof. We investigated whether such cognitive benefits also occur for action predictions. The action-cognition transduction (ACT) model posits a reciprocal relationship between movements and reasoning. Movements-imagined as well as real ones operating on real or imaginary objects-activate feedforward mechanisms for the plausible predicted outcomes of motor system planning, along with feedback from the effect actions have on the world. Thus, ACT posits cognitive influences for making action predictions regardless of whether those actions are performed. Using a two-by-two factorial design, we investigated how generating task-relevant action predictions or performing task-relevant directe

SUBMITTER: Xia F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11927934 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature