Applies the ecological approach to perception, drawing on the recent theories of J. Gibson
(1979) and R. Shaw, M. Turvey and W. Mace (1982) to the social domain. The general …

Explanation of how goal-directed movements are made manifest is the ultimate aim of the
field classically referred to as “motor control”. Essential to the sought-after explanation is …

Professional and practice-based learning is a process which manifests itself in many
different forms. It differs by personal characteristics of the learners, levels of their …

Ecological Psychology is an embodied, situated, and non-representational approach
pioneered by JJ Gibson and EJ Gibson. This theory aims to offer a third way beyond …

This paper briefly introduces radical embodied cognitive science (RECS) and places it in
historical perspective. Radical embodied cognitive science is an interdisciplinary approach …

This chapter outlines a theory of affordances according to which affordances are relations
between the abilities of animals and features of the environment. As relations, affordances …

Abstract JJ Gibson (see PA, Vol 29: 5103; see also PA, Vol 81: 28168) developed an
interactionist view of perception and action that focused on information that is available in …

Actions must be controlled prospectively. This requires that the behavioral possibilities of
surface layouts and events be perceived. In this article, the ontolog-ical basis for an …

James J. Gibson's numerous theoretical and empirical contributions to the understanding of
how people perceive were innovative, controversial, often radical, and always profound …

Lectures on Perception: An Ecological Perspective addresses the generic principles by
which each and every kind of life form—from single celled organisms (eg, difflugia) to multi …