Being present in action: a theoretical model about the interlocking between intentions and environmental affordances
Recent neuropsychological evidence suggest that a key role in linking perceptions and intentions is played by sense of presence. Despite this phenomenon having been studied primarily in the field of virtual reality (conceived as the illusion of being in the virtual space), recent research highlighte...
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| author | Stefano eTriberti Giuseppe eRiva Giuseppe eRiva |
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| description | Recent neuropsychological evidence suggest that a key role in linking perceptions and intentions is played by sense of presence. Despite this phenomenon having been studied primarily in the field of virtual reality (conceived as the illusion of being in the virtual space), recent research highlighted that it is a fundamental feature of everyday experience. Specifically, the function of presence as a cognitive process is to locate the Self in a physical space or situation, based on the perceived possibility to act in it; so, the variations in sense of presence allow one to continuously adapt his own action to the external environment. Indeed intentions, as the cognitive antecedents of action, are not static representations of the desired outcomes, but dynamic processes able to adjust their own representational content according to the opportunities/restrictions emerging in the environment. Focusing on the peculiar context of action mediated by interactive technologies, we here propose a theoretical model showing how each level of an intentional hierarchy (future-directed; present directed; and motor intentions) can interlock with environmental affordances in order to promote a continuous stream of action and activity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-24a85a19f9cc49aaa662a4e527172c242022-12-21T18:24:30ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782016-01-01610.3389/fpsyg.2015.02052158981Being present in action: a theoretical model about the interlocking between intentions and environmental affordancesStefano eTriberti0Giuseppe eRiva1Giuseppe eRiva2Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreUniversità Cattolica del Sacro CuoreIstituto Auxologico ItalianoRecent neuropsychological evidence suggest that a key role in linking perceptions and intentions is played by sense of presence. Despite this phenomenon having been studied primarily in the field of virtual reality (conceived as the illusion of being in the virtual space), recent research highlighted that it is a fundamental feature of everyday experience. Specifically, the function of presence as a cognitive process is to locate the Self in a physical space or situation, based on the perceived possibility to act in it; so, the variations in sense of presence allow one to continuously adapt his own action to the external environment. Indeed intentions, as the cognitive antecedents of action, are not static representations of the desired outcomes, but dynamic processes able to adjust their own representational content according to the opportunities/restrictions emerging in the environment. Focusing on the peculiar context of action mediated by interactive technologies, we here propose a theoretical model showing how each level of an intentional hierarchy (future-directed; present directed; and motor intentions) can interlock with environmental affordances in order to promote a continuous stream of action and activity.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.02052/fullagencypresenceactionIntentionsaffordance |
| spellingShingle | Stefano eTriberti Giuseppe eRiva Giuseppe eRiva Being present in action: a theoretical model about the interlocking between intentions and environmental affordances Frontiers in Psychology agency presence action Intentions affordance |
| title | Being present in action: a theoretical model about the interlocking between intentions and environmental affordances |
| title_full | Being present in action: a theoretical model about the interlocking between intentions and environmental affordances |
| title_fullStr | Being present in action: a theoretical model about the interlocking between intentions and environmental affordances |
| title_full_unstemmed | Being present in action: a theoretical model about the interlocking between intentions and environmental affordances |
| title_short | Being present in action: a theoretical model about the interlocking between intentions and environmental affordances |
| title_sort | being present in action a theoretical model about the interlocking between intentions and environmental affordances |
| topic | agency presence action Intentions affordance |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.02052/full |
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