Recognising the influence of intuitive knowledge by recording eye movements

RYAN, BRENDA E; GASANEO, GUSTAVO; RODRIGUEZ, KARINA V.; GÓMEZ, GUILLERMINA; FREIJE, M. LUJÁN; DIMIERI, LEONARDO

Buenos Aires

Congreso; 2nd FALAN Congress; 2016

Sociedad Argentina de Investigación en Neurociencias / Federation of Latin American and Caribbean Neuroscience Societies

Since we begin to interact with the world, we constructmodels to understand the physical and social reality. We builtbrain representations about how the world works derivedfrom years of personal experience. It has been establishedthat this constant experience determines intuitive beliefs.We perceive phenomenas that are governed mostly bywhat is known as Classical Mechanics (CM). Our actions inthis classical world, are calculated with high accuracy andefficiency by our brain. Walking, driving a car, manipulatingobjects, playing sports are just some examples. Moreover,if we consult anyone about how these movements occur,it would be able to give us an explanation based onconcepts such as speed, strength, etc. This type of model,expressed by an intuitive verbalization of our experiences iscalled informal model (IM), also known as intuitive physics.Understanding physics, involves to structure a formal model(FM) and assemble it in a way that modifies IM explicitly orthe primitive that we built intuitively on an implicit manner.FM may or may not agree with the IM and how that link isaddressed during learning may be critical for proper andefficient acquisition of new knowledge.This work aims to understand the process of learningphysics at a basic level. We study how the brain incorporatesthe abstract model that represents physics knowledge andhow this is linked to the intuitive model that generates theperson living day to day in a classical world.