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Dynamics, not kinematics, is an adequate basis for perception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2002

Andrew Wilson  and
Geoffrey P. Bingham
Andrew Wilson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47401 anwilson@indiana.edugbingham@indiana.edu
Geoffrey P. Bingham
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47401 anwilson@indiana.edugbingham@indiana.edu
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Abstract

Roger Shepard's description of an abstract representational space defined by landmark objects and kinematic transformations between them fails to successfully capture the essence of the perceptual tasks he expects of it, such as object recognition. Ultimately, objects are recognized in the context of events. The dynamic nature of events is what determines the perceived kinematic behavior, and it is at the level of dynamics that events can be classified as types. [Shepard]

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , August 2001 , pp. 709 - 710
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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