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Direct perception of global invariants is not a fruitfulnotion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

C. (Lieke) E. Peper
Affiliation:
Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands c_e_peper@fbw.vu.nl p_j_beek@fbw.vu.nl www.marlow.fbw.vu.nl
Peter J. Beek
Affiliation:
Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands c_e_peper@fbw.vu.nl p_j_beek@fbw.vu.nl www.marlow.fbw.vu.nl

Abstract

The epistemological premises and scientific viability of Stoffregen& Bardy's ecological perspective are evaluated by analyzing theconcept of direct perception of global invariants vis-à-vis (1)behavioral evidence that perception is based on the integration ofmodal sources of information and (2) neurophysiological aspects ofthe integration of sensory signals.

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© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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