SPATIAL COGNITION IN ACTION - SCA MODEL: CHILDREN'S GESTURAL IMAGERY IN ACTION

摘要

A preliminary model for the development of Spatial Cognition as Action (SCA) is proposed. Two propositions underpin the model, where intentional action is predominately driven by the nature of our understanding of the action in the world, and knowledge is considered in part as body schema in relation to the self, the other and interaction with artefacts. Expressive gesture-in-interaction is considered part of an emergent dynamic non-linear system. Neural network modelling techniques, video analysis and simulated animation were applied to the recognition of dynamic gesture of people with severe speech and motor impairment. This work re-examines the gestural corpora from an inter-modal interaction perspective. An action based annotation system uses feature sets that represent aspects of child spatial and kinaesthetic cognition. The model is informed by current thinking with regard to the motor theory, neural basis of language and evidence from imaging studies within a framework of narrative theory to understand spatial conceptual integration.