Investigation of natural behavior has contributed a number of insights to our understanding
of visual guidance of actions by highlighting the importance of behavioral goals and …

Humans perform goal-directed actions such as reaching for a light switch or grasping a
coffee mug thousands of times a day. Behind the scenes of these seemingly simple actions …

Three experiments were conducted to dissociate movement planning costs and movement
execution costs in working memory (WM). The aim of the study was to clarify what kind of …

A central aspect of human experience and communication is understanding events in terms
of agent (“doer”) and patient (“undergoer” of action) roles. These event roles are rooted in …

Predicting the locomotion intent of humans is important for controlling assistive robots.
Previous studies have investigated assistive walking on structured terrains, but only a few …

Quickly and accurately extracting information about a touched object's orientation is a critical
aspect of dexterous object manipulation. However, the speed and acuity of tactile edge …

Control of interceptive actions may involve fine interplay between feedback-based and
predictive mechanisms. These processes rely heavily on target motion information available …

Our aim is to predict the stability of a grasp from the perceptions available to a robot before
attempting to lift up and transport an object. The percepts we consider consist of the tactile …

Allocentric cues can be used to encode locations in visuospatial memory, but it is not known
how and when these representations are converted into egocentric commands for …

Investigators study the kinematics of grasping movements (prehension) under a variety of
conditions to probe visuomotor function in normal and brain-damaged individuals.“Natural” …