Both the action-specific perception account and the ecological approach to perception–
action emphasize the role of action in perception. However, the action-specific perception …

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

A classic in its field, this comprehensive book introduces the core history of phenomenology
and assesses its relevance to contemporary psychology, philosophy of mind, and cognitive …

To maintain balance during locomotion, the central nervous system (CNS) accommodates
changes in the constraints of spatial environment (eg, existence of an obstacle or changes in …

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 …

This chapter argues that affordances are properties of the animal-environment system, that
is, that they are emergent properties that do not inhere in either the environment or the …

The current study investigated the perception of intrapersonal, interpersonal, and tool-based
grasping possibilities. In Experiment 1, participants judged whether they would grasp planks …

Mathematically, three-dimensional space can be represented differently by the cartesian,
polar, and other coordinate systems. However, in physical sciences, the choice of …

Affordance is a fundamental concept in the ecological approach to perception and action,
but it is not yet fully developed. In this article, I attempt to further the development of the …

How do people choose an action to satisfy a goal from among the actions that are afforded
by the environment? In 3 experiments the action modes used by actors to reach for a block …