Unraveling the evolutionary role of affordances
Manuel Heras-Escribano
Unraveling the evolutionary role of affordances
by Manuel Heras-Escribano
22 June 2020
Affordances, or the possibilities for acting in our environments, are pervasive in everyday life. We are constantly surrounded by them: we perceive the floor as a walkable surface, a coffee mug is perceived as a graspable object, and doors are perceived as pass-through-able apertures, etc. For some authors, these objects of perception are, by far, the ones we interact with most throughout the day. If this is..