From Direct Perception to the Primacy of Action: A Closer Look at James Gibson's Ecological Approach to Psychology

Theories of Infant Development

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 70-89

  Costall, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Perception; Physical properties; Psychology; Theory of knowledge; Visual research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845744453     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470752180.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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