How does it end? Endpoints of boundaries lead to completion in macro-events.

ABSTRACT: While watching someone kicking a ball, missing moments of ball contact can be incorrectly identified as seen if the event is continued in a causal manner (i.e., the ball flying off). Does event completion also occur for events of a larger scale such as having breakfast (macro-event), which consists of multiple sub-steps like toasting bread (micro-event)? We conducted two experiments to measure event completion in macro-events presenting portions of multiple micro-events. In Experiment 1, video summaries were formed with or without event boundary information where a macro-end was either present or absent. Macro-end signified an overarching goal achievement that signaled the completion of previous tasks (such as leaving the kitchen with a full breakfast plate). More completion occurred for s

SUBMITTER: Candan Simsek A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12307519 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature