Action representation across ages and cultures: Recognition of action means-end change in German and Chinese children and adults

	Action representation across ages and cultures: Recognition of action means-end change in German and Chinese children and adults
	Wang, Lamei1,3,4 ; Fu, Xiaolan2,3,4 ; Zimmer, Hubert D.3,4,5; Umla-Runge, Katja 3,4,5; Aschersleben, Gisa 3,4,5
摘要	Actions can be represented as a hierarchy of goals and means, whereas the granularity of the top level depends on the action's complexity. So far, most evidence comes from imitation studies. We explored this issue by evaluating the detection of means and end changes in a recognition paradigm across ages and cultures. German and Chinese preschoolers (n = 53) and adults (n = 58) studied videos of tool-use actions differing in complexity and familiarity. In the test phase, participants judged identical, means-changed and end-changed actions as same or different. Changes of the actions' end were generally identified more accurately independent of age and culture. Means' changes, but not ends' changes, were detected more frequently for complex than for simple actions. Changes in familiar actions were recognised better than changes in unfamiliar actions. The data supports a hierarchical model of action representation where the end information is superordinate to means information.
关键词	Action complexity Action familiarity Action representation Means-end change detection Preschool children
	2013-12-01
语种	英语
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
卷号	25 期号:8 页码:941-948
期刊论文类型	Article
收录类别	SSCI
WOS关键词	IMITATION ; KNOWLEDGE
WOS标题词	Social Sciences
WOS研究方向	Psychology
WOS类目	Psychology, Experimental
WOS记录号	WOS:000326868000005
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/10767
专题	脑与认知科学国家重点实验室
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Key Lab Behav Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, State Key Lab Brain & Cognit Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Univ Saarland, Int Res Training Grp Adapt Minds Neural & Environ, D-66123 Saarbrucken, Germany 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 5.Univ Saarland, Dept Psychol, D-66041 Saarbrucken, Germany
第一作者单位	中国科学院行为科学重点实验室
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Lamei,Fu, Xiaolan,Zimmer, Hubert D.,et al. Action representation across ages and cultures: Recognition of action means-end change in German and Chinese children and adults[J]. JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY,2013,25(8):941-948.
APA	Wang, Lamei,Fu, Xiaolan,Zimmer, Hubert D.,Umla-Runge, Katja,&Aschersleben, Gisa.(2013).Action representation across ages and cultures: Recognition of action means-end change in German and Chinese children and adults.JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY,25(8),941-948.
MLA	Wang, Lamei,et al."Action representation across ages and cultures: Recognition of action means-end change in German and Chinese children and adults".JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 25.8(2013):941-948.

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