Perceptual processes as prerequisites for complex human behavior

F. Affolter

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Abstract

Learning implies interaction between the environment and the individual. Thus processing of perceptual information becomes a crucial factor. Perception included all the mechanisms used in processing the stimuli of an actual situation. Research findings in normal and sensory-deprived children suggest that perceptual development covers the entire period of acquisition of language and other complex human performances. Furthermore, children and brain damaged adults presenting problems of language and other complex human performances, such as imitation and production of events, also show difficulties in successive pattern and form recognition. The hypothesis is proposed that the adequacy of perceptual processes is a prerequisite for complex performance. A learning model is described, based on that assumption, and therapeutic consequences are discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3-9
Number of pages7
JournalInternational Rehabilitation Medicine
Volume3
Issue number1
StatePublished - 1981
Externally publishedYes

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