On Ecological Conceptualizations of Perceptual Systems and Action Systems

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 603-620

  Withagen, Rob ^a   Michaels, Claire F ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

action; action system; affordances; direct perception; disposition; information; perception; perceptual system; softly assembled device

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644479451     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354305057265     Document Type: Article

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