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The objects of action and perception (1998)
| Venue: | Cognition |
| Citations: | 63 - 1 self |
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@ARTICLE{Goodale98theobjects,
author = {Melvyn A. Goodale and G. Keith Humphrey},
title = {The objects of action and perception},
journal = {Cognition},
year = {1998},
pages = {481--484}
}
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Abstract
Two major functions of the visual system are discussed and contrasted. One function of vision is the creation of an internal model or percept of the external world. Most research in object perception has concentrated on this aspect of vision. Vision also guides the control of object-directed action. In the latter case, vision directs our actions with respect to the world by transforming visual inputs into appropriate motor outputs. We argue that separate, but interactive, visual systems have evolved for the perception of objects on the one hand and the control of actions directed at those objects on the other. This ‘duplex ’ approach to high-level vision suggests that Marrian or ‘reconstructive ’ approaches and Gibsonian or ‘purposiveanimate-behaviorist’ approaches need not be seen as mutually exclusive, but rather as complementary in their emphases on different aspects of visual function. © 1998 Elsevier Science
Keyphrases
visual system elsevier science major function visual function high-level vision latter case reconstructive approach purposiveanimate-behaviorist approach different aspect object-directed action appropriate motor output visual input object perception duplex approach internal model external world
