Abstract
Through training, skilled parkour athletes (traceurs) overcome everyday obstacles, such as walls, that are typically insurmountable. Traceurs and untrained novices estimated the height of walls and reported their anticipated ability to climb the wall. The traceurs perceived the walls as shorter than did novices. This result suggests that perception is scaled by the perceiver’s anticipated ability to act, and is consistent with the action-specific account of perception.
Date of this Version
2011
DOI
10.1068/p6855
Recommended Citation
Taylor, J Eric T.; Witt, Jessica; and Sugovic, Mila, "When Walls are No Longer Barriers: Perception of Wall Height in Parkour" (2011). Department of Psychological Sciences Faculty Publications. Paper 58.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/p6855
Comments
Weiner (2011). The definitive, peer-reviewed and edited version of this article is published in Perception, 40, 6, 757-760, 2011, 10.1068/p6855