title: Social affordances in context: what is it that we are bodily responsive to?
abstract: We propose to understand social affordances in the broader context of responsiveness to a field of relevant affordances in general. This perspective clarifies our everyday ability to unreflectively switch between social and other affordances. Moreover, based on our experience with Deep Brain Stimulation for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients, we suggest that psychiatric disorders may affect skilled intentionality, including responsiveness to social affordances.
authors.affiliation: Cognitive Science Center Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, 1018 WS Amsterdam, The Netherlands. d.w.rietveld@amc.uva.nl
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rietveld
authors.forename: Sanneke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Haan
authors.forename: Damiaan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Denys
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D059167:Mirror Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D012938:Social Perception; D056345:Theory of Mind / Q000502:physiology*