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The Senses Considered As Perceptual Systems
Book • 1966
In 'The Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems', James J. Gibson reframes sensory modalities as perceptual systems specialized for detecting structure in ambient energy arrays.
He challenges representational and inferential models of perception, arguing that meaningful information about the environment is specified in structured stimulation and can be directly perceived.
Gibson develops concepts such as ecological information and the importance of movement in revealing informational structure, laying groundwork for affordances and an ecological approach to perception.
The book synthesizes physiological, environmental, and behavioral considerations to argue for perception as active, embodied, and grounded in organism-environment relations.
It remains a core text for ecological psychologists and researchers interested in embodied cognition.
He challenges representational and inferential models of perception, arguing that meaningful information about the environment is specified in structured stimulation and can be directly perceived.
Gibson develops concepts such as ecological information and the importance of movement in revealing informational structure, laying groundwork for affordances and an ecological approach to perception.
The book synthesizes physiological, environmental, and behavioral considerations to argue for perception as active, embodied, and grounded in organism-environment relations.
It remains a core text for ecological psychologists and researchers interested in embodied cognition.
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Matthieu de Wit
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BI 232 How Should Neuroscience Integrate with Ecological Psychology?
Mentioned by Andrew and Rob when contrasting Gibson's earlier 1950 book with his later ecological work.
563 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception (JC 59)
Mentioned by Andrew as an earlier Gibson work that led to the 1979 book.
563 – Gibson, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception (JC 59)
