Alexa ZsebedicsPsych 112- Comment on article 3Biological movement is defined as “the movements of living organisms such as people or animals, both whole body movements and partial movements of the hands, head, eye etc." (Thompson and Parasuraman) The stimuli used in biological movement are some “point displays” which are moving points of light that show the movement of “certain key joints of the moving organism”. (Thompson and Parasuraman ) By observing these "point displays", it is possible to determine the sex of people based on their specific movements. But can biological movement be processed automatically or does it require the use of attentional resources? automatic function that requires little or no help from conscious attention.” (Thompson and Parasuraman) Evidence shows that infants prefer to watch biological motion (“point viewing”) rather than other moving things. “The results with newborns of all species also suggest that many organisms may be genetically predisposed to process biological movement.” (Thompson and Parasuraman) “A number of neural and computational models assume that the perception of biological motion is achievable through low-level passive mechanisms without the need for active top-down processing.” (Thompson and Parasuraman) Due to the lack of evidence that biological motion processing is automatic, I do not believe this is true. It seems to me that there is more evidence based on studies showing that attentional resources are required for processing biological motion. Other theorists also believe this. When the person is actively involved in focusing on the actions represented by the moving lights, attention is required. There... in the middle of the paper... just look at the moving dots on the screen, which makes recognizing the action even more challenging. It is very easy to determine a person's gender without looking at their face and simply by identifying their mannerisms and actions such as the way they walk, stand and other movements that help predict one's gender. But I think it's much harder to identify a person's gender by looking at a screen and seeing moving dots, without actually seeing the person. I think a person needs to make a conscious effort to identify their gender using the biological movement. I think it's nearly impossible to look at a screen full of moving dots and be able to decipher a person's gender without having to think about it. I think it is possible to interpret the person's actions and decipher their gender only with the use of attentional resources.