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Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics, 2015 Algonquian languages are famous for their animacy-based grammatical properties—an animacy based noun classification system and direct/inverse system which gives rise to animacy hierarchy effects in the determination of verb agreement.
Elizabeth Ritter
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Implied object direction from eye location enhances animacy ratings but not detection of chasing behavior [PDF]
Scientific ReportsUnderstanding how humans perceive animacy in dynamic visual stimuli is fundamental to elucidating the mechanisms underlying visual social cognition. While both object geometry and eye-like features are known to independently influence animacy impressions,
Takahiro Kawabe
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Understanding biological motion through the lens of animate motion processing [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyBiological motion (BM), the movement generated by living entities, transmits signals of life and conveys vital cues for animacy perception. In this review, we synthesize empirical findings from human and non-human animal studies to reveal how BM enjoys a
Li Shen +7 more
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Seeing life in the teeming world: animacy perception in arthropods [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyThe term “animacy perception” describes the ability of animals to detect cues that indicate whether a particular object in the environment is alive or not.
Massimo De Agrò +2 more
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Perception of animate motion in dogs [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyVarious motion cues can lead to the perception of animacy, including (1) simple motion characteristics such as starting to move from rest, (2) motion patterns of interactions like chasing, or (3) the motion of point-lights representing the joints of a ...
Judit Abdai
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Animacy processing by distributed and interconnected networks in the temporal cortex of monkeys [PDF]
Frontiers in Behavioral NeuroscienceAnimacy perception, the ability to discern living from non-living entities, is crucial for survival and social interaction, as it includes recognizing abstract concepts such as movement, purpose, and intentions.
Rizal Ichwansyah +9 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 IntroductionThe concept of animacy is often taken as a basic natural concept, in part I because most cases seem unambiguous. Most entities either are or are not animate. However, human animacy judgments do not reflect this binary classification.
Chris Westbury
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Since the seminal work of Heider and Simmel, and Michotte’s research, many studies have shown that, under appropriate conditions, displays of simple geometric shapes elicit rich and vivid impressions of animacy and intentionality.
Giulia Parovel
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KONSEP ANIMASI DALAM NOMINA BAHASA JAWA: SEBUAH KAJIAN TIPOLOGI ANIMASI AWAL
Kajian Linguistik dan Sastra, 2021 This study discussed the animacy concept in Javanese. This is to show how the animacy concept is reflected on pronouns and parts of the body, and behavioral verbs (agentive) between human, animal, and thing.
Khristianto Khristianto +2 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 IntroductionFree recall tends to be better for names of animate concepts such as animals than for names of inanimate objects. In Popp and Serra’s 2016 article, the authors replicated this “animacy effect” in free recall but when participants studied ...
Eric Y. Mah +5 more
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