Affordances and the Body: An Intentional Analysis of Gibson's Ecological Approach to Visual Perception
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The paper's approach aligns with Tillas' discussion of 'unintentionally perceived' affordances rather than Heft's view that affordances are directly tied to intentional action.
“We depart from Heft's (Heft, 1989 ) view here, wherein affordances are directly tied to intentional action. Our approach rather aligns with Tillas' (Tillas et al., 2017) discussion of 'unintentionally perceived' affordances, as in the way an infant might learn about the physical support afforded by their bed partly by unintentionally extending their limbs beyond the bed frame.”
From Understanding Agent Complexity Through Affordances (2025) · cites this paper as Heft, 1989
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The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception
Bornstein, M. H., & Gibson, J. J. (1980) · The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism · doi:10.2307/429816 · Cited by 22,935 · see citing works
Perceptual learning: Differentiation or enrichment?
Gibson, J. J., & Gibson, E. J. (1955) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/h0048826 · Cited by 993 · see citing works
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Can Affordances Explain Behavior?
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Understanding Agent Complexity Through Affordances
Baker, B., & Roberts, S. (2025) · Minds and Machines · doi:10.1007/s11023-025-09748-7
“We depart from Heft’s (Heft, 1989 ) view here, wherein affordances are directly tied to intentional action.”
- Authors
- HEFT, H.
- Corresponding author
- HEFT, HARRY
- ORCID
- HEFT, HARRY
- Venue
- Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1989-03
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-30
- ISSN
- 0021-8308 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-5914
- OpenAlex
- W2077214329
- Cited by
- 522
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 19 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 42 · 2023: 52 · 2022: 43 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 27 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 22 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 19 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 12
- FWCI
- 16.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Keywords
- affordances, ecological psychology, James Gibson, visual perception, intentional analysis, body and perception, perception-action coupling
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