Blink if you'rethinking

In search of abiological signalfor the moment

of insight

MICResearchShowcase

2013

Embodiment

Kirsh & Maglio(1994)

“Epistemic actions” Yu et al

(2009)Arms andattention

Damasio(1994)

Somaticmarkers

The caricature:function-specific

modules

Modularprocessing

andoutput?

...but things area little

messier thanthat

Embodimentsuggests

processingexpressed

holistically

Leakycognition

Chermahini& Hommel

(2010)

Stephen &Dixon (2009)

Leone et al(2012)

Participants Apparatus

Materials

Conveniencesample

ShelfEndRead

AgeMileSand

SoreShoulder

Sweat

45

Procedure

Resultst(39) = 0.86

p = 0.40

FallingActorDustPlease type your

response...

Correct

Discussion

Blink rateappearsresilient

Blink signalmore subtle

than analysis?

Cognition noteverywhere

after all?

References

Acknowledgements

MarenGraser

MaryO'Brien

MICSeed

Funding

Chermahini, S. A., & Hommel, B. (2010). The (b)link between creativity and dopamine: Spontaneous eye blink rates predict and dissociate divergent and convergent thinking. Cognition, 115(3), 458–465.Damasio, A. R. (1994). Descartes’ Error. New York: Papermac.Kirsh, D., & Maglio, P. (1994). On distinguishing epistemic from pragmatic action. Cognitive science, 18(4), 513–549.Leone, M. J., Petroni, A., Slezak, D. F., & Sigman, M. (2012). The tell-tale heart: heart rate fluctuations index objective and subjective events during a game of chess. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6, 273. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2012.00273Stephen, D. G., Dixon, J. A., & Isenhower, R. W. (2009). Dynamics of representational change: Entropy, action, and cognition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 35(6), 1811–1832. doi:10.1037/a0014510Yu, C., Smith, L. B., Shen, H., Pereira, A. F., & Smith, T. (2009). Active information selection: Visual attention through the hands. Autonomous Mental Development, IEEE Transactions on, 1(2), 141–151.

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