Intuitive physical reasoning about objects' masses transfers to a visuomotor decision task consistent with Newtonian physics.

ABSTRACT: While interacting with objects during every-day activities, e.g. when sliding a glass on a counter top, people obtain constant feedback whether they are acting in accordance with physical laws. However, classical research on intuitive physics has revealed that people's judgements systematically deviate from predictions of Newtonian physics. Recent research has explained at least some of these deviations not as consequence of misconceptions about physics but instead as the consequence of the probabilistic interaction between inevitable perceptual uncertainties and prior beliefs. How intuitive physical reasoning relates to visuomotor actions is much less known. Here, we present an experiment in which participants had to slide pucks under the influence of naturalistic friction in a simulated

SUBMITTER: Neupartl N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7647116 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature