AUTHOR=Elsner Claudia , Falck-Ytter Terje , Gredebäck Gustaf 

TITLE=Humans Anticipate the Goal of other People’s Point-Light Actions

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=3

YEAR=2012

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00120

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00120

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>This eye tracking study investigated the degree to which biological motion information from manual point-light displays provides sufficient information to elicit anticipatory eye movements. We compared gaze performance of adults observing a biological motion point-light display of a hand reaching for a goal object or a non-biological version of the same event. Participants anticipated the goal of the point-light action in the biological motion condition but not in a non-biological control condition. The present study demonstrates that kinematic information from biological motion can be used to anticipate the goal of other people’s point-light actions and that the presence of biological motion is sufficient for anticipation to occur.</p>