Perspectives on Perception and Action

Introduction

Originally published in 1987, this title aimed to present an eclectic and biased account of the status of perception-action relationships in various fields at the time. The chapters can be divided into three sections.

Motor Control

The first focuses on motor control, a neglected topic in the past and hence deserving the role of the starting point of this volume. In addition, motor control provides a good background to discuss the clear sensory and perceptual effects. However, motor processes are also highly relevant to perception, which was usually less emphasized in the literature at the time.

Perception and Motor Processes

Therefore, a special section is devoted to motor processes in perception together with the issue of integrating information from different sources.

Conclusion

The book concludes with a section on attention and selection of perceptual information for subsequent action.