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An affordance field for guiding movement and cognition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Arthur M. Glenberg ,
Monica R. Cowart  and
Michael P. Kaschak
Arthur M. Glenberg
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 glenberg@facstaff.wisc.edumpkaschak@students.wisc.edu
Monica R. Cowart
Affiliation:
Philosophy Department, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA 01845 mcowart@merrimack.edu
Michael P. Kaschak
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 glenberg@facstaff.wisc.edumpkaschak@students.wisc.edu
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Abstract

An embodied movement-planning field cannot account for behavior and cognition more abstract than that of reaching. Instead, we propose an affordance field, and we sketch how it could enhance the analysis of the A-not-B error, underlie cognition, and serve as a base for language. Admittedly, a dynamic systems account of an affordance field awaits significant further development.

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Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , February 2001 , pp. 43 - 44
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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