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Process based functionalism instead of structural functionalism is needed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1997

Endre E. Kadar  and
M. T. Turvey
Endre E. Kadar
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO5 2ER, United Kingdomkadare@psy1.psyc.port.ac.uk.
M. T. Turvey
Affiliation:
Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 cespa1@uconnvm.uconn.edu.
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Abstract

Latash & Anson's intention to describe only the regularities of motor behavior is compromised by the homunculus paradigm. Although we concur on the need to redefine “normal movements” in atypical populations, we contend that this enterprise requires a process based functionalism. We argue for accommodating movement control and perceptual processes with physical and task constraints in a natural setting.

Type
Continuing Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , September 1997 , pp. 533
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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