Sinigaglia, Corrado and Butterfill, Stephen A. (2016) Motor representation in goal ascription. In: Coello, Yann and Fischer, Martin H., (eds.) Foundations of Embodied Cognition 2: Conceptual and Interactive Embodiment. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781138805828

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Abstract

Goal ascription, the process of identifying outcomes to which purposive actions are directed, is indispensable for predicting others’ behaviours and understanding their minds.
But which mechanisms underpin goal ascription?
This chapter examines several ways in which motor representations and processes are involved in different forms of goal ascription.
We argue that motor representations and processes matter for goal ascription in two ways.
They provide for capturing the directedness of an action to an outcome, and they shape the observers’ experiences of actions in such a way that these experiences reveal the goals of actions.
The occurrence of motor representations in action observation thereby makes available, independently of any prior knowledge of others’ mental states, a route to knowledge of the goals of their actions.

Item Type:	Book Item
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy
Publisher:	Routledge
Place of Publication:	London
ISBN:	9781138805828
Book Title:	Foundations of Embodied Cognition 2: Conceptual and Interactive Embodiment
Editor:	Coello, Yann and Fischer, Martin H.
Official Date:	2016
Dates:	Date Event 2016 Published December 2015 Published
Number of Pages:	304
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
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