Dynamics of Affordance Actualization
(2017) 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition, CogSci 2017 In CogSci 2017 - Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition p.871-876- Abstract
The actualization of affordances can often be accomplished in numerous, equifinal ways. For instance, an individual could discard an item in a rubbish bin by walking over and dropping it, or by throwing it from a distance. The aim of the current study was to investigate the behavioral dynamics associated with such metastability using a ball-to-bin transportation task. Using time-interval between sequential ball-presentation as a control parameter, participants transported balls from a pickup location to a drop-off bin 9m away. A high degree of variability in task-actualization was expected and found, and the Cusp Catatrophe model was used to understand how this behavioral variability emerged as a function of hard (time interval) and... (More)
The actualization of affordances can often be accomplished in numerous, equifinal ways. For instance, an individual could discard an item in a rubbish bin by walking over and dropping it, or by throwing it from a distance. The aim of the current study was to investigate the behavioral dynamics associated with such metastability using a ball-to-bin transportation task. Using time-interval between sequential ball-presentation as a control parameter, participants transported balls from a pickup location to a drop-off bin 9m away. A high degree of variability in task-actualization was expected and found, and the Cusp Catatrophe model was used to understand how this behavioral variability emerged as a function of hard (time interval) and soft (e.g. motivation) task dynamic constraints. Simulations demonstrated that this two parameter state manifold could capture the wide range of participant behaviors, and explain how these behaviors naturally emerge in an under-constrained task context.
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- author
- Nordbeck, Patric C. LU ; Soter, Laura K. ; Kallen, Rachel W. ; Chemero, Anthony P. and Richardson, Michael J.
- publishing date
- 2017
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- keywords
- affordances, constraints, cusp catastrophe, dynamic modeling, dynamic systems, simulations
- host publication
- CogSci 2017 - Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society : Computational Foundations of Cognition - Computational Foundations of Cognition
- series title
- CogSci 2017 - Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition
- pages
- 6 pages
- publisher
- Cognitive Science Society, Inc
- conference name
- 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition, CogSci 2017
- conference location
- London, United Kingdom
- conference dates
- 2017-07-26 - 2017-07-29
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85139555867
- ISBN
- 9780991196760
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- additional info
- Publisher Copyright: © CogSci 2017.
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- f01988de-7aee-42d4-93e8-58595403594d
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abstract = {{<p>The actualization of affordances can often be accomplished in numerous, equifinal ways. For instance, an individual could discard an item in a rubbish bin by walking over and dropping it, or by throwing it from a distance. The aim of the current study was to investigate the behavioral dynamics associated with such metastability using a ball-to-bin transportation task. Using time-interval between sequential ball-presentation as a control parameter, participants transported balls from a pickup location to a drop-off bin 9m away. A high degree of variability in task-actualization was expected and found, and the Cusp Catatrophe model was used to understand how this behavioral variability emerged as a function of hard (time interval) and soft (e.g. motivation) task dynamic constraints. Simulations demonstrated that this two parameter state manifold could capture the wide range of participant behaviors, and explain how these behaviors naturally emerge in an under-constrained task context.</p>}},
author = {{Nordbeck, Patric C. and Soter, Laura K. and Kallen, Rachel W. and Chemero, Anthony P. and Richardson, Michael J.}},
booktitle = {{CogSci 2017 - Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society : Computational Foundations of Cognition}},
isbn = {{9780991196760}},
keywords = {{affordances; constraints; cusp catastrophe; dynamic modeling; dynamic systems; simulations}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{871--876}},
publisher = {{Cognitive Science Society, Inc}},
series = {{CogSci 2017 - Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition}},
title = {{Dynamics of Affordance Actualization}},
year = {{2017}},
}