ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

›› 2011, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (3): 301-311.

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Biological Motion Perception: The Roles of Global Configuration and Local Motion

JIANG Yi;WANG Li   

  1. (1 Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China)
    (2 Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China)
  • Received:2010-12-30 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2011-03-15 Published:2011-03-15
  • Contact: JIANG Yi

Abstract: Humans are remarkably adept at recognizing the motion of biological entities in complex visual scenes, even when it is depicted with a handful of point-lights attached to the head and major joints. Though much simplified, such point-light biological motion consists of both global configuration and local motion trajectories. Whereas most previous studies have emphasized the contribution of global form to biological motion perception, it has recently been shown that local biological motion can be processed independent of global configuration, revealing that local biological motion alone carries unique biological properties. Taken together, the evidence so far suggests that biological motion perception is a multilevel process in which each level makes distinct contributions.

Key words: biological motion, inversion effect, global configuration, local motion