Action-specific perception

<p>Action-specific perception, or perception-action, is a <a href="/facts/Psychology/duoqW7Sz">psychological</a> <a href="/facts/Theory/9vrNS1Rr">theory</a> that people <a href="/facts/Perception/xLK0n2q4">perceive</a> their environment and events within it in terms of their ability to act. This theory hence suggests that a person's capability to carry out a particular task affects how they perceive the different aspects and methods involved in that task. For example, softball players who are hitting better see the ball as bigger.  Tennis players see the ball as moving slower when they successfully return the ball. In the field of human-computer interaction, alterations in accuracy impact both the perception of size and time, while adjustments in movement speed impact the perception of distance. Furthermore, the perceiver's intention to act is also critical; while the perceiver's ability to perform the intended action influences perception, the perceiver's abilities for unintended actions have little or no effect on perception. Finally, the objective difficulty of the task appears to modulate size, distance, and time perception.
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Action-specific perception