Biotechnology

This report will mainly reflect on the article “An examination of motor and perceptual contributions to the recognition of deception from others’ actions” from _Human Movement _Science, in terms of its discipline, context, purpose and results. The article relates to human intentions (deceptive or non-deceptive) which are reflected in movement and/or behaviour.
The experiment described focuses strongly on human behaviour. For this reason, I believe that thisalls under the discipline of human uses strongly on human behaviour . For this reason, i believe is article falls under the discipline of psychology as it explores behavioural science. Additionally, the experiment examines movement and co-ordination; each handball player was required to perform 60 penalty shots which were recorded from both a frontal view and from the side in order to clearly distinguish deceptive from non-deceptive actions. Hence, the article may also fall under the discipline of physiology; mainly motor functions.
Human Movement Science describes itself as “A Journal Devoted to Pure and Applied Research on Human Movement”. It is published by Elsevier, a leading publisher of science and health information headquartered in Amsterdam, thus targeting an international audience. Human Movement Science acts as a forum for psychological and biophysical research on human movement. It features studies on motor control and learning including the perceptual skills involved and relates this to applied studies in fields such as sport, dance and rehabilitation. The article I chose from this particular journal is a prime example of the types of work featured in Human Movement Science. “An examination of motor and perceptual contributions to the recognition of deception from others’ actions” looks at both the physiology of movement as well as the perceptual decisions and hence reflects the nature of the journal itself.
The main purpose of this study was to examine both the physical and perceptual...