The ubiquity of tool use in human life has generated multiple lines of scientific and
philosophical investigation to understand the development and expression of humans' …

Introduction to Ecological Psychology is a highly accessible book that offers an overview of
the fundamental theoretical foundations of Ecological Psychology. The authors, Julia JC …

James J. Gibson began the preface to The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception
(1979/2015), by remarking “Vision is a strange and wonderful business.” This is no less true …

Integral to the scientific process are theoretical frameworks that motivate specific research
questions and empirical methodologies. This paper introduces ecological psychology and …

Humans are capable of adjusting their posture stably when interacting with a compliant
surface. Their whole-body motion can be modulated in order to respond to the environment …

Haptics has proven to be highly beneficial in surgical robotics, bringing enhanced safety and
precision by complementing the surgeon's visual channel. However, most of the research …

The use of affordances in the fields of engineering, architecture, and design has largely
employed a version of the affordance concept that is at odds with the Ecological theory of …

Limitations of a haptic device can cause distortions of the force feedback it presents. Just-
noticeable difference (JND) in system dynamics is important for creating transparent haptic …

We performed four experiments to investigate whether people can perceive the length of a
target object (a “fish”) that is attached to a freely wielded object (the “fishing pole”) by a …

Perceived heaviness of lifted objects has been shown to scale to a ratio of muscle activity
and movement during elbow lifts. This scaling reflects the importance of the forces applied to …