PLAViMoP database: A new continuously assessed and collaborative 3D point-light display dataset

It was more than 45 years ago that Gunnar Johansson invented the point-light display technique. This showed for the first time that kinematics is crucial for action recognition, and that humans are very sensitive to their conspecifics’ movements. As a result, many of today’s researchers use point-li...

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Published in:Behavior research methods 2023-02, Vol.55 (2), p.694-715
Main Authors: Bidet-Ildei, Christel, Francisco, Victor, Decatoire, Arnaud, Pylouster, Jean, Blandin, Yannick
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Biomechanical Phenomena
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive science
Conspecifics
Facial Expression
Humans
Kinematics
Light
Motion Perception
Motor task performance
Movement
Neuroscience
Photic Stimulation - methods
Psychology
Recognition, Psychology
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Summary:It was more than 45 years ago that Gunnar Johansson invented the point-light display technique. This showed for the first time that kinematics is crucial for action recognition, and that humans are very sensitive to their conspecifics’ movements. As a result, many of today’s researchers use point-light displays to better understand the mechanisms behind this recognition ability. In this paper, we propose PLAViMoP, a new database of 3D point-light displays representing everyday human actions (global and fine-motor control movements), sports movements, facial expressions, interactions, and robotic movements. Access to the database is free, at https://plavimop.prd.fr/en/motions . Moreover, it incorporates a search engine to facilitate action retrieval. In this paper, we describe the construction, functioning, and assessment of the PLAViMoP database. Each sequence was analyzed according to four parameters: type of movement, movement label, sex of the actor, and age of the actor. We provide both the mean scores for each assessment of each point-light display, and the comparisons between the different categories of sequences. Our results are discussed in the light of the literature and the suitability of our stimuli for research and applications.
ISSN:1554-3528
1554-351X
1554-3528
DOI:10.3758/s13428-022-01850-3