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Two visual systems but only one theory of perception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2003

Darren Burke
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australiadarren_burke@uow.edu.au http://www.psyc.uow.edu.au/~dburke/
William G. Hayward
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T., Hong Kongwilliam-hayward@cuhk.edu.hk http://www.psy.cuhk.edu.hk/~hayward/index.html

Abstract

The parallel drawn by Norman between the dorsal and ventral systems and direct and indirect approaches is based on two misrepresentations of the direct approach – that it is concerned only with the unconscious control of action, and that it cannot explain learning. We propose a way of understanding the visual system differences from within the direct approach.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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