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Perceptual processes as prerequisites for complex human behaviour

F Affolter

    International Rehabilitation Medicine
    |January 1, 1981
    PubMed
    Summary

    Adequate perceptual processing is essential for learning and complex human performances. This study proposes that effective perception is a prerequisite for acquiring skills like language and imitation.

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    Area of Science:

    • Cognitive Science
    • Developmental Psychology
    • Neuroscience

    Background:

    • Learning requires environmental interaction and effective perceptual information processing.
    • Perceptual development is intrinsically linked to language acquisition and complex human performances.
    • Difficulties in perception correlate with challenges in language and performance tasks.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose a hypothesis linking perceptual adequacy to complex human performance.
    • To introduce a learning model based on the proposed hypothesis.
    • To discuss potential therapeutic implications.

    Main Methods:

    • Review of research findings in normal and sensory-deprived children.
    • Analysis of language and performance deficits in children and brain-damaged adults.
    • Development of a theoretical learning model.

    Main Results:

    • Perceptual development spans the period of language acquisition and complex skill development.
    • Impaired perceptual processes are associated with difficulties in pattern recognition, imitation, and event production.
    • The study hypothesizes that adequate perceptual functioning is a prerequisite for complex human performance.

    Conclusions:

    • The adequacy of perceptual processes is fundamental for complex human performance.
    • A learning model is proposed based on the prerequisite role of perception.
    • Therapeutic strategies may benefit from addressing perceptual deficits.

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