The Time Course of Action, Mental and Otherwise
I raise three challenges for Wu's project. First, are mental actions really relevantly similar to ordinary bodily actions? I suggest that it may be hard to capture commonalities between them while still being grounded in the cognitive structure of action. Second, might long-term memory have a greater role to play than Wu allows? This influence might be observed on top of an indirect connection that flows through activated long-term memories in working memory. Finally, where do spontaneous memories fit in to Wu's picture? We end with an exchange about spontaneity, seriality, and control.
Authors
- Sara Aronowitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9099-3031)
Institutions
- University of Toronto (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Consciousness Studies
- Published
- 2024-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.53765/20512201.31.7.144
- Primary Topic
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00