Discovering your inner Gibson: Reconciling action-specific and ecological approaches to perception–action

JK Witt, MA Riley - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2014 - Springer
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 …

Bumblebees perceive the spatial layout of their environment in relation to their body size and form to minimize inflight collisions

S Ravi, T Siesenop, O Bertrand, L Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Animals that move through complex habitats must frequently contend with obstacles in their
path. Humans and other highly cognitive vertebrates avoid collisions by perceiving the …

Gut estimates: Pregnant women adapt to changing possibilities for squeezing through doorways

JM Franchak, KE Adolph - Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 2014 - Springer
Possibilities for action depend on the fit between the body and the environment. Perceiving
what actions are possible is challenging, because the body and the environment are always …

Information is where you find it: Perception as an ecologically well-posed problem

WH Warren - i-Perception, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Texts on visual perception typically begin with the following premise: Vision is an ill-posed
problem, and perception is underdetermined by the available information. If this were really …

Affordances as probabilistic functions: Implications for development, perception, and decisions for action

J Franchak, K Adolph - Ecological Psychology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
We propose a new way to describe affordances for action. Previous characterizations of
affordances treat action possibilities as binary categories—either possible or impossible …

Perception of passage through openings depends on the size of the body in motion

JM Franchak, EC Celano, KE Adolph - Experimental brain research, 2012 - Springer
Walkers need to modify their ongoing actions to meet the demands of everyday
environments. Navigating through openings requires gait modifications if the size of the …

Revisiting affordance perception in contemporary virtual reality

A Bhargava, KM Lucaites, LS Hartman, H Solini… - Virtual Reality, 2020 - Springer
Virtual reality (VR) applications have rapidly gained renewed popularity and are extensively
employed for replicating real-life scenarios that may otherwise be impractical to recreate. All …

[图书][B] Visual control of locomotion

BR Fajen - 2021 - cambridge.org
This Element examines visual perception in the context of activities that involve moving
about in complex, dynamic environments. A central theme is that the ability of humans and …

Perceiving affordances for different motor skills

WG Cole, GLY Chan, B Vereijken… - Experimental brain …, 2013 - Springer
We examined several factors that affect people's ability to perceive possibilities for action. In
Experiment 1, 24 participants crossed expanses of various sizes in three conditions: leaping …

Ledge and wedge: Younger and older adults' perception of action possibilities

D Comalli, J Franchak, A Char, K Adolph - Experimental brain research, 2013 - Springer
The current study investigated whether younger (college-age) and older adults (60+ years)
differ in their ability to perceive safe and unsafe motor actions. Participants decided whether …