| FORM: | ARTICLE |
| Author: | Natsoulas, Thomas |
| Affiliation: | U California, Davis, USA |
| Title: | An introduction to reflective seeing: I. |
| Source: | Journal of Mind & Behavior, 1993 Sum, 1993. 14 (3): p.235-256 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Thesaurus terms: Awareness Consciousness States Theories Visual Perception |
| Added Keywords: | perceptual consciousness & reflective seeing, application of J. Gibson’s visual perception theory |
| Classification Code: | Human Experimental Psychology (2300) |
| Population Terms: Human | |
| Abstract: | Addresses a certain dimension of perceptual consciousness, with specific reference to J. J. Gibson’s (1979) visual perception theory. The human visual system allows a number of molar activities, among them straightforward seeing and reflective seeing. Both of these activities include, as product and part of them, a stream of first-order, visual perceptual consciousness of the ecological environment and of the perceiver himself or herself as inhabiting the environment and acting or moving within it. The 2 respective component streams of first-order consciousness both proceed at certain brain centers and the one that proceeds during reflective seeing involves inner consciousness of the component first-order, visual perceptual consciousness (experience, awareness). The content of first-order, visual perceptual consciousness during reflective seeing is importantly different from the content during straightforward seeing. ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) |