The action-specific account of perception suggests that our perceptual system is influenced by information about our ability to act in our environment and, thus, affects our perception. However, the specific information about action that is influential for perception is still largely unknown. For example, if a goal is achieved through automation rather than action, is perception influenced because the goal was achieved or is perception immune because the act was automated rather than performed by the observer? In four experiments, we examined whether automating a paddle to block a moving ball in a computer game similar to Pong affects perception of the ball’s speed. Results indicate that the automation used here did not affect speed perception of the target. Whereas tools such as reach-extending sticks and various-sized paddles are both incorporated into one’s body schema and also influence spatial perception, automation, our results imply that automation is not incorporated into one’s body schema and does not affect spatial perception. The dissociation in how the mind treats tools versus automation could have several implications as automation becomes more prevalent in daily life.

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人与机器：评估动作自动化是否影响视觉感知。

特定于行为的感知解释表明，我们的感知系统受到有关我们在环境中行动能力的信息的影响，从而影响我们的感知。然而，关于对感知有影响的行为的具体信息在很大程度上仍是未知的。例如，如果一个目标是通过自动化而不是行动来实现的，感知是否会因为目标的实现而受到影响，或者感知是免疫的，因为行为是自动化的而不是由观察者执行的？在四项实验中，我们检查了在类似于 Pong 的计算机游戏中自动化一个桨来阻止移动的球是否会影响对球速度的感知。结果表明，此处使用的自动化不会影响目标的速度感知。虽然伸手杖和各种尺寸的桨等工具都被纳入了一个人的身体图式，也会影响空间感知、自动化，我们的结果意味着自动化没有被纳入一个人的身体图式，也不会影响空间感知。随着自动化在日常生活中变得越来越普遍，大脑如何对待工具与自动化的分离可能会产生一些影响。