Observations on Action-Observation Research: An Autobiographical Retrospective Across the Past Two Decades

MSL research field: 
Skill acquisition
Expertise
TitleObservations on Action-Observation Research: An Autobiographical Retrospective Across the Past Two Decades
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsHodges, NJ
JournalKinesiology Review
Volume6
Start Page240
Issue3
Pagination240 - 260
Date Published08/2017
Type of ArticleReview
ISSN2161-6035
Keywordscoordination, Expertise, Motor learning, observational learning, practice, sport
Abstract

When we watch other people perform actions, this involves many interacting processes comprising cognitive, motor, and visual system interactions. These processes change based on the context of our observations, particularly if the actions are novel and our intention is to learn those actions so we can later reproduce them, or respond to them in an effective way. Over the past 20 years or so I have been involved in research directed at understanding how we learn from watching others, what information guides this learning, and how our learning experiences, whether observational or physical, impact our subsequent observations of others, particularly when we are engaged in action prediction. In this review I take a historical look at action observation research, particularly in reference to motor skill learning, and situate my research, and those of collaborators and students, among the common theoretical and methodological frameworks of the time.

URLhttp://journals.humankinetics.com/doi/abs/10.1123/kr.2017-0016
DOI10.1123/kr.2017-0016
Short TitleKinesiology Review
Refereed DesignationRefereed
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