Cultural affordances: Scaffolding local worlds through shared intentionality and regimes of attention

In this paper we outline a framework for the study of the mechanisms involved in the engagement of human agents with cultural affordances. Our aim is to better understand how culture and context interact with human biology to shape human behavior, cognition, and experience. We attempt to integrate s...

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Main Authors: Maxwell James D. Ramstead, Samuel P. L. Veissière, Laurence J Kirmayer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01090/full