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An “ecological” action-based synthesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2016

Jonathan de Vries  and
Lawrence M. Ward
Jonathan de Vries
Affiliation:
Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T1Z4, Canada devriesj@alumni.ubc.ca Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T1Z4, Canada
Lawrence M. Ward
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T1Z4, Canada Brain Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T1Z4, Canada. lward@psych.ubc.ca http://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~lward/
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Abstract

We expand upon Morsella et al.'s synthesis in the direction of what Gibson (1979) called an ecological approach to perception. Morsella et al. describe consciousness as a director of voluntary action, but they understate the role of the environment in its evolution as well as in directing behavior. We elaborate these roles in the context of the concept of affordances.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 39 , 2016 , e173
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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