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Social affordances in context: What is it that we are bodily responsive to?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2013

Erik Rietveld ,
Sanneke de Haan  and
Damiaan Denys
Erik Rietveld
Affiliation:
Cognitive Science Center Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, 1018 WS Amsterdam, The Netherlands. d.w.rietveld@amc.uva.nl Department of Philosophy, Institute of Logic, Language and Computation, University of Amsterdam, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands. http://philpapers.org/profile/16239 Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Sanneke.deHaan@amc.uva.nl http://sannekedehaan.wordpress.com/ http://www.amcpsychiatrie.nl/research/research_groups_pis_denys_group.htm
Sanneke de Haan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Sanneke.deHaan@amc.uva.nl http://sannekedehaan.wordpress.com/ http://www.amcpsychiatrie.nl/research/research_groups_pis_denys_group.htm
Damiaan Denys
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Sanneke.deHaan@amc.uva.nl http://sannekedehaan.wordpress.com/ http://www.amcpsychiatrie.nl/research/research_groups_pis_denys_group.htm Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1105 BA Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ddenys@gmail.com
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Abstract

We propose to understand social affordances in the broader context of responsiveness to a field of relevant affordances in general. This perspective clarifies our everyday ability to unreflectively switch between social and other affordances. Moreover, based on our experience with Deep Brain Stimulation for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients, we suggest that psychiatric disorders may affect skilled intentionality, including responsiveness to social affordances.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 4 , August 2013 , pp. 436
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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