Action capability enhances visual sensitivity in the extrapersonal space

관찰자를 둘러싼 공간 중 손이나 발이 닿을 수 있는 공간과 그 바깥 공간을 각각 개인주변 공간과 개인외 공간이라 한다. 관찰자의 행위가 집중되는 개인주변 공간에서는 신체 감각과 통합된 시각 정보처리가 물체에 관한 시각 표상을 향상시킨다. 최근 여러 연구들은 개인외 공간에서도 관찰자가 도구를 사용하여 행위를 취할 수 있으면 개인주변 공간과 유사한 다중 감각적 통합이 발생할 수 있다고 보고하였다. 이에 본 연구는 개인외 공간의 시각 표상이 행위 가능성에 의해 향상될 수 있는지 검증하였다. 참가자들은 손이 닿을 수 없는 거리에 위치한 컴퓨터 화면 속의 과제를 자판을 사용하여 수행하였다. 실험 전, 후에 대비역을 측정함으로써 시각 민감도에 미치는 행위 가능성의 효과를 측정하였다. 실험 1에서는 화면에 제시된 공의 움직임을 직접 조작했던 행위 집단과 조작할 수 없었던 관찰 집단의 시각 민감도 변화를 측정하였다. 그 결과, 행위 집단의 시각 민감도가 관찰 집단에 비해 더 향상되었다. 실험 2에서는 행위 가능성을 참가자 내 설계로 조작하였다. 각 참가자는 공을 한쪽 화면에서는 움직일 수 있었지만 다른 쪽에서는 움직일 수 없었다. 그 결과, 공을 조작할 수 있었던 위치의 시각 민감도가 다른 위치의 시각 민감도보다 더 향상되었다. 이러한 결과는 행위 가능성에 의해 활성화된 두정엽의 행위자-중심 좌표 체계가 개인외 공간의 시각 표상을 향상시켰기 때문인 것으로 추정된다.

keywords: 행위 가능성, 개인외 공간, 개인주변 공간, 시각 민감도, 대비역, action capability, extrapersonal space, peripersonal space, visual sensitivity, contrast threshold

Abstract

The physical space around an observer can be divided into the peripersonal space that immediately surrounds the observer and the peripersonal space that cannot be reached by the observer’s hands and other body parts. Actions are mostly executed in the peripersonal space, in which visual processing integrates with somatic perception and enhances visual representations of objects. Recent studies have provided evidence that similar multimodal integration takes place in the extrapersonal space as well if tool-use enables an observer to act towards objects there. Here, we tested if action capability can improve visual sensitivity in the extrapersonal space. Participants performed a task in a distant screen of a computer by using a keyboard. The effect of action capability on visual sensitivity was measured in terms of contrast threshold. Experiment 1 compared threshold changes in one group of participants, who manipulated the movement of a target ball with those in the other group of participants, who did not have a chance to manipulate the ball movement. The improvement in visual sensitivity was greater in the action group than in the observation group. Experiment 2 allowed individual participants to manipulate the movement of a target ball in a part of the screen but not in another part of the screen. Participants showed greater improvement in visual sensitivity only in the screen area in which they were capable of moving the ball. These findings suggest that action capability activates actor-centered coordinate systems in parietal cortex, which in turn enhance visual representations of the extrapersonal space.

keywords: 행위 가능성, 개인외 공간, 개인주변 공간, 시각 민감도, 대비역, action capability, extrapersonal space, peripersonal space, visual sensitivity, contrast threshold

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행위 가능성에 의한 개인외 공간의 시각 민감도 향상

Action capability enhances visual sensitivity in the extrapersonal space

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