Index

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A city is not a tree (Architectural Form), Perspectives and Journeys
abstraction
categorization and, What Writing Does
using physical activities to work out, Embodied Cognition: An Alternative View
account, using term, Labels and Ontology
action
calibration of, Information Pickup
context emerging out of sensemaking and, People Make Sense Through Stories
environment controlling, What Does All This Mean for Design?
environment exerting control over understanding and, Narratives and Situations
perceiving layout with perception and, Layout
perceptual system and physical, Action and the Perceptual System
activity, separating context and, A Conventional Definition of Context
affordance-versus-function separation, Semantic Function
affordances
about, Affordance
as value-neutral, Affordance
directly perceived vs. indirectly meaningful and, Affording information is always in a context of other information
existence in environment of, Affordances are value-neutral
human infants and, The Built Environment
information vs. ideas in, Affordances are value-neutral
interfaces approaching physical, Semantic Function of Simulated Objects
invariants and, Compound Invariants
language ...

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