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Blink if you're thinking. In search of a biological signal for the moment of insight. MIC Research Showcase 2013. Embodiment. Kirsh & Maglio (1994) “Epistemic actions”. Yu et al (2009) Arms and attention. Damasio (1994) Somatic markers. Modular processing and output?.
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Blink if you're thinking In search of a biological signal for the moment of insight MIC Research Showcase 2013
Embodiment Kirsh & Maglio(1994) “Epistemic actions” Yu et al (2009) Arms and attention Damasio (1994) Somatic markers
Modular processing and output? The caricature: function-specific modules Embodiment suggests processing expressed holistically ...but things are a little messier than that Leaky cognition
Stephen & Dixon (2009) Chermahini & Hommel(2010) Leone et al (2012)
45 Apparatus Participants Convenience sample Shelf End Read Materials Age Mile Sand Sore Shoulder Sweat
Procedure Falling Actor Dust Please type your response... Correct t(39) = 0.86 p = 0.40 Results
Discussion Cognition not everywhere after all? Blink signal more subtle than analysis? Blink rate appears resilient
References Chermahini, S. A., & Hommel, B. (2010). The (b)link between creativity and dopamine: Spontaneous eye blink rates predict and dissociate divergent and convergent thinking. Cognition, 115(3), 458–465. Damasio, A. R. (1994). Descartes’ Error. New York: Papermac. Kirsh, D., & Maglio, P. (1994). On distinguishing epistemic from pragmatic action. Cognitive science, 18(4), 513–549. Leone, M. J., Petroni, A., Slezak, D. F., & Sigman, M. (2012). The tell-tale heart: heart rate fluctuations index objective and subjective events during a game of chess. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6, 273. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2012.00273 Stephen, D. G., Dixon, J. A., & Isenhower, R. W. (2009). Dynamics of representational change: Entropy, action, and cognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 35(6), 1811–1832. doi:10.1037/a0014510 Yu, C., Smith, L. B., Shen, H., Pereira, A. F., & Smith, T. (2009). Active information selection: Visual attention through the hands. Autonomous Mental Development, IEEE Transactions on, 1(2), 141–151. Maren Graser Acknowledgements MIC Seed Funding Mary O'Brien