Micro-affordance: The potentiation of components of action by seen objects.
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| Title: | Micro-affordance: The potentiation of components of action by seen objects. |
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| Authors: | Ellis, Rob, Tucker, Mike |
| Source: | British Journal of Psychology. Nov2000, Vol. 91 Issue 4, p451. 21p. 1 Diagram, 5 Graphs. |
| Subjects: | Psychology, Sensory perception |
| Abstract: | It is suggested that seen objects potentiate a range of actions associated with them, irrespective of the intentions of the viewer. Evidence for this possibility is provided by the data from two experiments, both of which required a participant to make a binary motor response to an auditory stimulus. In the first experiment the response was a power or precision grip, which was performed whilst simultaneously viewing a real object which would normally be grasped using either a power or precision grip. A significant interaction of response and grip compatibility of the object was observed. Similar results were obtained in the second experiment when a wrist rotation of a given direction was used as a response, whilst viewing objects which would require wrist rotations if they were to be grasped. The effects of the seen objects on components of action are described as micro-affordances which are said to be dispositonal states of the viewer's nervous system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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