Emergent forms : origins and early development of human action and perception / Eugene C. Goldfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldfield, Eugene Curtis, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motor ability in infants.

Facial expression.

Intentionalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While it is often assumed that behavioural development must be based upon both physical law and the biological principles of morphogenesis and selection, forging a link between these disciplines has remained an elusive goal. This book addresses the question of how familiar human functional acts - eating, walking, manipulating objects, smiling, etc. - emerge during infancy due to both intrinsic dynamics and selective processes. The central thesis of the book is that during perceptually guided spontaneous activity, a variety of biodynamic devices for doing different kinds of work are assembled and adapted to specific tasks. Following the introductory chapters, which explore principles from the fields of dynamics and ecological psychology, the author introduces a theory of the development of action systems based upon both self-organisation in complex systems and perceptually guided selective processes.

Contents:

CONTENTS; PART I: DYNAMIC AND ECOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS; PART II: ASSEMBLY AND TUNING AT DIFFERENT TIME SCALES; PART III: THE ACTION SYSTEMS; PART IV: CONCLUSION; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-773526-6

1-280-53359-5

0-19-535737-X

OCLC:

435824095