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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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Effective connectivity during animacy perception – dynamic causal modelling of Human Connectome Project data [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2014 AbstractBiological agents are the most complex systems humans have to model and predict. In predictive coding, high-level cortical areas inform sensory cortex about incoming sensory signals, a comparison between the predicted and actual sensory feedback is made and information about unpredicted sensory information is passed forward to higher-level ...
Hillebrandt, Hauke +2 more
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With or Without a System: How Category‐Specific and System‐Wide Cognitive Biases Shape Word Order [PDF]
Cognitive Science, Volume 49, Issue 11, November 2025.Abstract Certain recurrent features of language characterize the way a whole language system is structured. By contrast, others target specific categories of items within those wider systems. For example, languages tend to exhibit consistent order of heads and dependents across different phrases—a system‐wide regularity known as harmony.
Annie Holtz +2 more
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Children’s Perception of Animacy: Social Attributions to Moving Figures [PDF]
Perception, 2021 Adults describe abstract shapes moving in a goal-directed manner using animate terms. This study tested which variables affect school-aged children’s descriptions of moving geometrical shapes. Children aged 5 to 9 years were shown displays of interacting geometrical shapes and were asked to describe them.
Ruth Hofrichter +2 more
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Limitations on Animacy Categorization in Ensemble Perception
Journal of Vision, 2020 People can rapidly and efficiently categorize the animacy of individual objects and scenes, even with few visual features available. Does this necessarily mean that the visual system has an unlimited capacity to process animacy across the entire visual field?
Brady , Timothy +3 more
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Social Connection Modulates Perceptions of Animacy [PDF]
Psychological Science, 2014 Human survival depends on identifying targets potentially capable of engaging in meaningful social connection. Using sets of morphed images created from animate (human) and inanimate (doll) faces, we found converging evidence across two studies showing that the motivation to connect with other people systematically alters the interpretation of the ...
Katherine E, Powers +4 more
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Physical embodiment and anthropomorphism of AI tutors and their role in student enjoyment and performance [PDF]
npj Science of LearningRising interest in artificial intelligence in education reinforces the demand for evidence-based implementation. This study investigates how tutor agents’ physical embodiment and anthropomorphism (student-reported sociability, animacy, agency, and ...
Helene Ackermann +6 more
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Perception of animacy in dogs and humans [PDF]
Biology Letters, 2017 Humans have a tendency to perceive inanimate objects as animate based on simple motion cues. Although animacy is considered as a complex cognitive property, this recognition seems to be spontaneous. Researchers have found that young human infants discriminate between dependent and independent movement patterns.
Judit Abdai +4 more
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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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Animacy Processing in Autism: Event-Related Potentials Reflect Social Functioning Skills
Brain Sciences, 2023 Though previous studies with autistic individuals have provided behavioral evidence of animacy perception difficulties, the spatio-temporal dynamics of animacy processing in autism remain underexplored.
Eleni Peristeri +7 more
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