| old_uid | 12463 |
|---|---|
| title | Seeing Agents |
| start_date | 2013/05/20 |
| schedule | 16h-18h |
| online | no |
| summary | Do we directly perceive agents (for the purpose of this talk an agent is just an entity that shows animacy cues) or do we cognitively infer that some entities are agents on the basis of low-level perceptual cues? In my talk I will defend the first hypothesis. I will try to show that detection of agents satisfy (at least) three criteria of perceivability: 1) there is a distinctive perceptual phenomenal experience of seeing agents, 2) agent perception seems to be “encapsulated” and agent representations come in non conceptual format, 3) the hypothesis is compatible with psychological and neurological evidence on the processes involved. |
| responsibles | Kriegel |