ABSTRACT
Affordance perception is postulated as one of the cornerstones of the ecological psychology approach to perception and action. Despite ongoing discussions on its ontological basis and status, the dynamics of affordance emergence and perception have yet to be worked out. In this chapter, we posit questions on how affordance perception occurs based on general findings concerning motor development and learning. These questions concern the variable nature of motor control and the common finding that affordance existence and affordance perception do not have the same dynamics. Considering the literature on social-affective psychology, we then speculate on a potential process through which affordances emerge and are perceived.
