Towards a new ecological conception of perceptual information: Lessons from a developmental systems perspective

Human Movement Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 149-163

  Withagen, Rob ^a   van der Kamp, John ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Developmental systems theory; Ecological psychology; Information; Perception action

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; SYSTEMS THEORY;

ATTENTION; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; LEARNING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77049086541     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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