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Understanding affordances: history and contemporary development of Gibson’s central concept [PDF]

Avant, 2012
Gibson developed the affordance concept to complement his theory of direct perception that stands in sharp contrast with the prevalent inferential theories of perception. A comparison of the two approaches shows that the distinction between them also has
Dobromir G. Dotov, Lin Nie, Matthieu M. de Wit   +2 more
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Affordance Theory in Outdoor Play

, 2017
Jane Waters
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The Affordances of the Information and Communication Universe, or Who is Behind the Mass Media

RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism, 2021
This article examines the specifics and perspectives of the information and communication universe theory for the analysis of the mass media. The aim is to explain the application of the concept of affordance in the context of media theory.
Iosif M. Dzyaloshinsky
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Insights into the use and affordances of social and collaborative applications for student projects

South African Computer Journal, 2017
The use of social and collaborative computing has the potential of assisting learning and improving the ability to work together as part of a team. Team work is a graduate attribute that students need to acquire before transitioning from university into ...
Omolola Ola Bankole, Isabella Venter
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Musical Affordances and the Gestalt Legacy: enriching music perception

Gestalt Theory, 2023
In the current cognitive theory of music, concepts of Gestalt psychology are referred to in various ways. For example, neurocognitive models of music perception address the formation of auditory Gestalts as a stage in the formation of meaning.
Klotz Sebastian
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Affordance Theory in Language Education: A Multidimensional Framework

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language--TESL-EJ
This conceptual paper presents a multidimensional framework for applying affordance theory to language education, moving beyond traditional, linear models.
Q. Nguyen
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Affordances for robots: a brief survey [PDF]

Avant, 2012
In this paper, we consider the influence of Gibson's affordance theory on the design of robotic agents. Affordance theory (and the ecological approach to agent design in general) has in many cases contributed to the development of successful robotic ...
Thomas E. Horton, Arpan Chakraborty, Robert St. Amant   +2 more
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Cerebellum, Basal Ganglia, and Cortex Mediate Performance of an Aerial Pursuit Task

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2020
The affordance competition hypothesis is an ethologically inspired theory from cognitive neuroscience that provides an integrative neural account of continuous, real-time behavior, and will likely become increasingly relevant to the growing field of ...
Robert J. Gougelet, Robert J. Gougelet, Cengiz Terzibas, Daniel E. Callan, Daniel E. Callan   +4 more
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From Affordance to Actualization: A Study on the Nonlinear Mechanisms of Idea Diffusion in AI-Mediated Online Innovation Communities

Systems
In online innovation communities, idea diffusion constitutes a core mechanism through which user-generated ideas are transformed into collective innovation outcomes.
Yujie Wang, Yingzi Zhang, Guijie Qi
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Bridging theory and practice: affordance theory as a methodological link in information interaction and repository design

Information Research: An International Electronic Journal
Introduction. Information practices research and information systems design remain disconnected despite their complementary aims. Affordance theory offers a methodological bridge by translating cognitive-contextual insights about user interaction into ...
Danica Pawlick-Potts
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