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Perception, learning, and judgment in ecological psychology: Who needs a constructivist ventral system?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2003

Clinton Cooper
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 clinton.cooper@uconn.educlaire.michaels@uconn.edu http://www.ione.psy.uconn.edu/~cespaweb/
Claire F. Michaels
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 clinton.cooper@uconn.educlaire.michaels@uconn.edu http://www.ione.psy.uconn.edu/~cespaweb/

Abstract

Norman's identification of a ventral system embodying a constructivist theory of perception is rejected in favor of an ecological theory of perception and perceptual learning. We summarize research showing that a key motivation for the ventral-constructivist connection, percept-percept coupling, confuses perceptual and post-perceptual processes

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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