title: Neurocognitive mechanisms of perception-action coordination: a review and theoretical integration.
abstract: The present analysis aims at a theoretical integration of, and a systems-neuroscience perspective on, a variety of historical and contemporary views on perception-action coordination (PAC). We set out to determine the common principles or lawful linkages between sensory and motor systems that explain how perception is action-oriented and how action is perceptually guided. To this end, we analyze the key ingredients to such an integrated framework, examine the architecture of dual-system conjectures of PAC, and endeavor in an historical analysis of the key characteristics, mechanisms, and phenomena of PACs. This analysis will reveal that dual-systems views are in need of fundamental re-thinking, and its elements will be amalgamated with current views on action-oriented predictive processing into a novel integrative theoretical framework (IMPPACT: Impetus, Motivation, and Prediction in Perception-Action Coordination theory). From this framework and its neurocognitive architecture we derive a number of non-trivial predictions regarding conative, motive-driven PAC. We end by presenting a brief outlook on how IMPPACT might present novel insights into certain pathologies and into action expertise.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Weesperplein 4, 1018 XA Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Amsterdam Brain & Cognition (ABC), University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 10, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: k.r.ridderinkhof@uva.nl.
authors.forename: K Richard
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Ridderinkhof
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation / Q000502:physiology*; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Appraisal; Conation; Dual systems; Impetus; Impulsive action; Intuitive action; Motivation; Perception–action coordination; Prediction; Valuation