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Subject: Re: Gibson's theory of perception
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Date: Wed, 16-Jul-86 12:49:35 EDT
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> In Gibson's view, the perceptual system is not limited to the confines
> of the organism, but extends into the environment. In the course of its
> evolution, the organism has assimilated physical mechanisms present in
> its natural environment to function as integral parts of its perceptual
> system. Thus, the perceptual processes implemented in the eye and the
> brain have evolved to function as the back-end of an integral process of
> perception that begins at the perceived object.

A worthwhile way of looking at perception.  I find it ironic that many
(most?) cog-psycholgists' experiments in perception use CRTs to display
"objects." Not only does this practice effectively divorce sight from
the other senses, it also enforces a deviant mode of perception on the
subject.  (To perceive an "object" on a flat image, the subject must
focus _behind_ the image.  Most literate people are unaware of their
habit of doing this.)


	Self-respecting people don't care to peep at their
	reflections in unexpected mirrors.
				--L. P. Smith
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Col. G. L. Sicherman
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