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Acting is perceiving!

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2017

Rouwen Cañal-Bruland ,
John van der Kamp  and
Rob Gray
Rouwen Cañal-Bruland
Affiliation:
Institute of Sport Science, Department of Sport Psychology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, 07749 Jena, Germany rouwen.canal.bruland@uni-jena.de www.spowi.uni-jena.de/en/Sportpsychologie.html
John van der Kamp
Affiliation:
Department of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands j.vander.kamp@vu.nl https://vu-nl.academia.edu/johnvanderkamp
Rob Gray
Affiliation:
Human Systems Engineering, Arizona State University–Polytechnic, Mesa, AZ 85212. robgray@asu.edu https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rob_Gray/
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Abstract

We challenge Firestone & Scholl's (F&S's) narrow conceptualization of what perception is and – most important – what it is for. Perception guides our (inter)actions with the environment, with attention ensuring that the actor is attuned to information relevant for action. We dispute F&S's misconceived (and counterfactual) view of perception as a module that functions independently from cognition, attention, and action.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 39 , 2016 , e233
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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