Title: What We Perceive When We Perceive Affordances: Commentary on Michaels (2000) "Information, Perception, and Action"
Abstract:Abstract In her article "Information, Perception, and Action: What Should Ecological Psychologists Learn From Milner and Goodale (1995)?" Michaels (2000) reached 2 conclusions that run very much again...Abstract In her article "Information, Perception, and Action: What Should Ecological Psychologists Learn From Milner and Goodale (1995)?" Michaels (2000) reached 2 conclusions that run very much against the grain of ecological psychology. First, she claimed that affordances are not perceived but simply acted on; second, because of this, perception and action ought to be conceived separately. These conclusions are based on a misinterpretation of empirical evidence that is, in turn, based on a conflation of 2 proper objects of perception: objectively specified objects with properties and affordances.Read More
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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