期刊
COGNITION
卷 177, 期 -, 页码 226-233出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2018.04.021
关键词
Pointing; Gaze; Perception; Joint attention; Hands
资金
- Irish Research Council postgraduate scholarship
The spontaneity and ease with which we point understates the gesture's significance to understanding cognition. Onset of pointing in infancy predicts early word acquisition and signals a capacity for shared intentionality. Yet, notwithstanding its importance, there is little research on the perception of pointing and its referents. Here we show that perceptual acuity for discerning where another person is pointing is remarkably accurate. Thresholds, as low as 0.5 degrees of visual angle across an interpersonal distance of similar to 2 m, are modulated by the referent's location in space and the hand used to point and remain constant when the pointer's eyes are occluded from view and when 'embodiment' cues are enhanced or minimized. Pointing with the index finger not only directs attention toward a general region of space but the morphology of arm, hand and finger can be used to discern the location of the pointer's attention with precision.
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