Affordances and events: Theory and research

In replying to the commentaries, I focus on issues relating to theory, empi rical practice (i.e., to how research on events and affordances has been co nducted), and empirical research that I think is needed. I reiterate my arg ument that because they differ qualitatively, affordances might be perceive d without prior or concurrent perception of the underlying events. I sugges t that research on event perception might, in principle, inform research on the perception of affordances, but existing research has made no explicit attempt to do this. I conclude by stressing the need for new research and f or exponents of event perception to identify a theoretical motivation, with in ecological theory, for why events should be perceived.