Unconscious Presentation of Object Affordances Evokes a Negative Compatibility Effect

According to Gibson's (1979) theory of “affordances”, the environment is constantly bombarding the viewer with a multitude of possible actions. More recently, it has been suggested that the simple viewing of an object can automatically elicit motor plans for actions towards this object. Researc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: S Makris, K Yarrow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-08-01
Series:i-Perception
Online Access:http://ipe.sagepub.com/content/5/5/489.full.pdf