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The dorsal system and the ecological self

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2003

Ulric Neisser
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 un13@cornell.edu

Abstract

Perception, as Gibson described it – picking up information that specifies the real local situation – includes not only perceiving affordances and controlling small movements, but also seeing the large-scale environmental layout and the position/movement of the “ecological self.” If the dorsal cortical system is also responsible for that very significant achievement, its activity must be at least partly conscious.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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