Perception as Information Detection: Reflections on Gibson’s Ecological Approach to Visual Perception

Author:   Jeffrey B. Wagman ,  Julia J. C. Blau (Central Connecticut State University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   338
Publication Date:   12 August 2019
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Author:   Jeffrey B. Wagman ,  Julia J. C. Blau (Central Connecticut State University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367312954


ISBN 10:   0367312956
Pages:   338
Publication Date:   12 August 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"Table of Contents List of Contributors Foreword Preface Introduction Part One The Environment to Be Perceived Chapter 1. The Third Sense of Environment Edward Baggs and Anthony Chemero Chapter 2. The Triad of Medium, Substance, And Surfaces for The Theory of Further Scrutiny Tetsushi Nonaka Chapter 3. Ecological Interface Design Inspired By ‘The Meaningful Environment’ Christopher C. Pagano & Brian Day Chapter 4. Challenging the Axioms of Perception: The Retinal Image and The Visibility Of Light Claudia Carello & Michael T. Turvey Part Two. The Information for Visual Perception. Chapter 5. Getting into The Ambient Optic Array and What We Might Get Out of It William M. Mace Chapter 6. The Challenge of An Ecological Approach to Event Perception: How to Obtain Forceful Control From Forceless Information Robert Shaw & Jeffrey Kinsella-Shaw Chapter 7. The Optical Information for Self-Perception in Development Audrey L. H. van der Meer & F. R. (Ruud) van der Weel Chapter 8. A Guided Tour of Gibson’s Theory of Affordances Jeffrey B. Wagman Part Three. Visual Perception Chapter 9. Perceiving Surface Layout: Ground Theory, Affordances, and the Objects of Perception William H. Warren Chapter 10. Acting in Perceiving: Experiments on Perception of Motion in The World and Movements of The Self, An Update L. James Smart Jr., Justin A. Hassebrock, & Max A. Teaford Chapter 11. Revisiting ""The Discovery of The Occluding Edge and Its Implications For Perception"" 40 Years On Harry Heft Chapter 12. Looking with The Head and Eyes John M. Franchak Chapter 13. James Gibson’s Ecological Approach to Locomotion and Manipulation: Development and Changing Affordances Karen E. Adolph, Justine E. Hoch, and Ori Ossmy Chapter 14. Information and Its Detection: The Consequences of Gibson’s Theory of Information Pickup Brandon J. Thomas, Michael A. Riley, & Jeffrey B. Wagman Part Four. Depiction. Chapter 15. The Use, And Uses of Depiction Thomas A. Stoffregen Chapter 16. Revisiting Ecological Film Theory Julia J. C. Blau"

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Jeffrey B. Wagman, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology at Illinois State University. His research focuses on perception of affordances. He is a recipient of the Illinois State University Outstanding University Researcher Award and a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan. He is an Associate Editor of the journal Ecological Psychology. Julia J. C. Blau, Ph. D. is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Central Connecticut State University. She earned her doctorate in ecological psychology from the University of Connecticut. Her research focuses on the fractality of event perception, as well as the ecological approach to film perception.

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