TY - JOUR

T1 - Intentions and synergies: The cases of control and speed

T2 - Comment on Di Paolotextquotesingles textquotesingleInteractive Time Traveltextquotesingle

AU - Wallot, Sebastian

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - In the following, I want to add to the examples and arguments presented by Di Paolo, and argue that his description of virtual tendencies is not just a viable solution for a more coherent conception of intentions in the realmof social-embodied interactions, but that it is closely linked to the concept of motor-synergies that are necessary in order to enable movement control. Two aspects about the human body, the degrees of freedom that it has available to move, and the speed with which it can adapt actions, illuminate this point.

AB - In the following, I want to add to the examples and arguments presented by Di Paolo, and argue that his description of virtual tendencies is not just a viable solution for a more coherent conception of intentions in the realmof social-embodied interactions, but that it is closely linked to the concept of motor-synergies that are necessary in order to enable movement control. Two aspects about the human body, the degrees of freedom that it has available to move, and the speed with which it can adapt actions, illuminate this point.

KW - Psychology

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 22

SP - 80

EP - 83

JO - Journal of Consciousness Studies

JF - Journal of Consciousness Studies

SN - 1355-8250

IS - 1-2

ER -