Biological Motion Perception Is Affected by Age and Cognitive Style in Children Aged 8–15
The current paper aims to address the question of how biological motion perception in different social contexts is influenced by age or also affected by cognitive styles. We examined developmental changes of biological motion perception among 141 school children aged 8–15 using point-light displays...
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| description | The current paper aims to address the question of how biological motion perception in different social contexts is influenced by age or also affected by cognitive styles. We examined developmental changes of biological motion perception among 141 school children aged 8–15 using point-light displays in monadic and dyadic social contexts. Furthermore, the cognitive styles of participants were investigated using empathizing-systemizing questionnaires. Results showed that the age and empathizing ability strongly predicted improvement in action perception in both contexts. However the systemizing ability was an independent predictor of performance only in monadic contexts. Furthermore, accuracy of action perception increased significantly from 46.4% (SD = 16.1) in monadic to 62.5% (SD = 11.5) in dyadic social contexts. This study can help to identify the roles of social context in biological motion perception and shows that children with different cognitive styles may present different biological motion perception. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-742bd976d1474b59b9441c072e4d9a052025-08-20T02:06:49ZengWileyNeurology Research International2090-18522090-18602015-01-01201510.1155/2015/594042594042Biological Motion Perception Is Affected by Age and Cognitive Style in Children Aged 8–15Parisa Ghanouni0Amir Hossein Memari1Monir Shayestehfar2Pouria Moshayedi3Shahriar Gharibzadeh4Vahid Ziaee5Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CanadaNeuroscience Institute, Sports Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranNeuroscience Institute, Sports Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USADepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, IranGrowth and Development Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranThe current paper aims to address the question of how biological motion perception in different social contexts is influenced by age or also affected by cognitive styles. We examined developmental changes of biological motion perception among 141 school children aged 8–15 using point-light displays in monadic and dyadic social contexts. Furthermore, the cognitive styles of participants were investigated using empathizing-systemizing questionnaires. Results showed that the age and empathizing ability strongly predicted improvement in action perception in both contexts. However the systemizing ability was an independent predictor of performance only in monadic contexts. Furthermore, accuracy of action perception increased significantly from 46.4% (SD = 16.1) in monadic to 62.5% (SD = 11.5) in dyadic social contexts. This study can help to identify the roles of social context in biological motion perception and shows that children with different cognitive styles may present different biological motion perception.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/594042 |
| spellingShingle | Parisa Ghanouni Amir Hossein Memari Monir Shayestehfar Pouria Moshayedi Shahriar Gharibzadeh Vahid Ziaee Biological Motion Perception Is Affected by Age and Cognitive Style in Children Aged 8–15 Neurology Research International |
| title | Biological Motion Perception Is Affected by Age and Cognitive Style in Children Aged 8–15 |
| title_full | Biological Motion Perception Is Affected by Age and Cognitive Style in Children Aged 8–15 |
| title_fullStr | Biological Motion Perception Is Affected by Age and Cognitive Style in Children Aged 8–15 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biological Motion Perception Is Affected by Age and Cognitive Style in Children Aged 8–15 |
| title_short | Biological Motion Perception Is Affected by Age and Cognitive Style in Children Aged 8–15 |
| title_sort | biological motion perception is affected by age and cognitive style in children aged 8 15 |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/594042 |
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