Costs and benefits of tool-use on the perception of reachable space
Abstract
Previous studies have shown that using a tool modifies in a short time-scale both near-body space perception and arm-length representation in the body schema. However, to date no research has specifically investigated the effect of tool-use on an action-related perceptual task. We report here a study assessing the effect of tool-use on the perception of reachable space for perceptual estimates made in reference to either the tool or the hand. Using the tool on distal objects resulted in an extension of perceived reachable space with the tool and reduced the variability of reachability estimates. Tool use also extended perceived reachable space with the hand, but with a concomitant increase of the variability of reachability estimates. These findings suggest that tool incorporation into the represented arm following tool-use improves the anticipation of action possibilities with the tool, while hand representation becomes less accurate.
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The use of a long tool consistently increased reachability distance estimated either alone, or in the presence of a point-light walker, a real confederate, as well as following cooperative tool use.
“The use of a long tool consistently increased reachability distance estimated either alone (Bourgeois, Farn e, & Coello, 2014), or in the presence of a point-light walker (Quesque et al., 2017), a real confederate (D'Angelo, Pellegrino, & Frassinetti, 2017; Patan e, Iachini, Farn e, & Frassinetti, 2016), as well as following cooperative tool use (Patan e et al., 2017).”
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- Authors
- Bourgeois, J., Farnè, A., & Coello, Y.
- Affiliations
- Université Lille Nord de France (FR)
- Lyon 1 Université (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Coello, Yann
- Venue
- Acta Psychologica
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-05
- Volume
- 148
- Pages
- 91-95
- ISSN
- 0001-6918 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2048635212
- Cited by
- 96
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 6
- FWCI
- 4.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Acta Psychologica (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- French Research Agency (ANR-11-EQPX-0023)
- Fondation de la Recherche sur le Cerveau (FRC)
- James S. MacDonnell Foundation
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Keywords
- tool use, body schema, hand representation, action prediction, perceptual variability
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Body Image, Choice Behavior, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Female, Humans, Judgment, Male, Psychomotor Performance, Space Perception, Young Adult
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