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The missing ecology in affordance management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2026

Alexandre Heeren Open the ORCID record for Alexandre Heeren [Opens in a new window]
Alexandre Heeren*
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Psychological Science Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium alexandre.heeren@uclouvain.be
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Abstract

Ko and Neuberg’s framework links life-history priorities to ecological affordances but foregrounds conditions of relative stability, thereby underrepresenting volatility. Volatility is a constitutive ecological parameter, altering affordance availability and reliability. Incorporating anticipated affordances, stratified resilience, and volatility as a higher-order constraint sharpens the model’s theoretical scope and ecological validity under conditions of systemic crisis.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 49 , 2026 , e68
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