Getting a grasp on action-specific scaling: A response to Witt (2017).

ABSTRACT: Can higher level cognition directly influence visual spatial perception? Many recent studies have claimed so, on the basis that manipulating cognitive factors (e.g., morality, emotion, action capacity) seems to directly affect perception. However, Firestone and Scholl (Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 39, 1-77, 2016) argued that such studies often fall prey to at least one of six pitfalls. They further argued that if an effect could be accounted for by any of these pitfalls, it is not a true demonstration of a top-down influence of cognition on perception. In response to Firestone and Scholl (Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 39, 1-77, 2016), Witt (Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 24(4), 999-1021, 2017) discussed four action-specific scaling effects which, she argued, withstand all six pitfalls a

SUBMITTER: Collier ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6425068 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature