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Publication Date: 2012-Jul
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Perceptual Impressions and Mental Simulations of Forces: Reply to Hubbard (2012)
White, Peter A.
Psychological Bulletin, v138 n4 p624-627 Jul 2012
Stored representations of experiences of forces in actions on objects enter into perceptual interpretations and mental simulations of object motions and interactions. In reply to the comment of Hubbard (2012), I clarify some ambiguities in my account (White, 2012) and correct some poor choices of expression. In addition, I address substantive issues: the relation between the matching process and impressions of resistance, which I clarify; the relation between force impressions and causal impressions, which remains problematic; the additional evidence for representations of force in mental simulation, which I cite; and the issue of falsifiability, which I address. I hope that my account will stimulate more research on motor output and haptic feedback as sources of knowledge of forces and causality.
Descriptors: Evidence, Visualization, Simulation, Physics, Interaction, Correlation, Resistance (Psychology), Tactual Perception, Cognitive Processes
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