Micro-affordance

The potentiation of components of action by seen objects

Bibliographic Data

ID5269907
AuthorsRob Ellis (University of Plymouth, corresponding author), Mike Tucker (University of Plymouth)
Year2000
Volume91
Issue4
Pages451-471
Publication date2000-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1348/000712600161934
PMID11104173
OpenAlexW2148817380
LanguageEN
Citations received45
References cited4

It is suggested that seen objects potentiate a range of actions associated with them, irrespective of the intentions of the viewer. Evidence for this possibility is provided by the data from two experiments, both of which required a participant to make a binary motor response to an auditory stimulus. In the first experiment the response was a power or precision grip, which was performed whilst simultaneously viewing a real object which would normally be grasped using either a power or precision grip. A significant interaction of response and grip compatibility of the object was observed. Similar results were obtained in the second experiment when a wrist rotation of a given direction was used as a response, whilst viewing objects which would require wrist rotations if they were to be grasped. The effects of the seen objects on components of action are described as microaffordances which are said to be dispositonal states of the viewer's nervous system

Affordance · Cognitive psychology · Compatibility (geochemistry) · Computer vision · Object (grammar) · Stimulus (psychology) · Wrist · Action Observation and Synchronization · Artificial Intelligence · Communication · Computer Science · Engineering · Motor Control and Adaptation · Psychology · Visual perception and processing mechanisms

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