Studies in Perception and Action IX by Cummins-Sebree, Sarah; Riley, Michael A.; Shockley, Kevin;

Short description:

Since 1991, the edited book series Studies in Perception and Action has appeared in conjunction with the biennial International Conference of Perception and Action (ICPA), a conference that provides an opportunity for individuals who share interests in e

Long description:

The edited book series Studies in Perception and Action contains a collection of research presented at the International Conference on Perception and Action (ICPA). The Studies series has appeared in conjunction with the biennial ICPA since 1991. ICPA provides a forum for presenting new data, theory, and methodological developments relevant to the ecological approach to perceptionaction. This volume is the 9th in the Studies in Perception and Action series, and it contains research presented at the 14th ICPA meeting in the summer of 2007.

The sixty papers presented in this volume represent the latest developments in ecological psychology research from four continents. In many instances, the contributions to Studies volumes reflect the first appearance of new ideas in a scientific venue. As a result, the Studies volumes contain the most recent and cutting edge research in perception and action. This volume will appeal to individuals who follow the research literature in ecological psychology, as well as those interested in perception, perceptual development, human movement dynamics, and social processes.

Table of Contents:

Preface, Meeting History, Contributors, Optical Flow Stabilises Locomotion at Transition Speed, Treadmill Walking Affects Perceived Direction of Apparent Motion, Influences of Dual Tasking, Walking Speed, and Room Lighting on Gait, Optic Information That Supports Constant Acceleration While Driving, Predicted Action Outcomes Prepare the Visual System for their Perceptual Consequences, Perceiving-Acting Cycle for Prediction-Based Perception of a Partner Robot, A Handedness Bias in Learning to Adjust Hand Movements to Visual Rotation, Motor Automaticity as an Emergent Property of a Dynamical System, Semantic Memory Retrieval and Interlimb Coordination Dynamics, Intentional Coordination Between Breathing and Eye-Gaze Movements, Dynamics of the Act of Drawing from Life, Measuring the Müller-Lyer Effect on and Through Postural Tremor, Exploration of Environment by Antennae Wearing Teflon Tubes in Pill Bugs, Understanding Diversity of Animal Behavior through Functionalistic Interpretation, Analysis of the Creation of a Drama-Making Process by Dynamical Systems Approach, Two Succeeding Stages in Acquisition Process of Acting Performance: A Study on Actors’ Skill in Controlling Speech Timing, Time Course of Gesture in Problem-Solving, Effect of Ecological Change in Water Pouring, Features of Fine Motor Actions in Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, The Development of Spoon-Use in the Daily Routine of Infants: A Naturalistic Observation Study, A New Approach to Newell’s Model: The Case of Interpersonal Coordination, Comparing the Attractor Strength of Intra- and Interpersonal Interlimb Coordination, Guessing the Social Context of a Conversational Partner: Relationship to the Voice and the Listener's Autism Quotient (AQ), Towards a New Taxonomy of Microslips, Kinematic Analysis of Microslips, An Attempt to Quantitatively Characterize Microslips From the Viewpoint of General ?? Theory, Quantitative Research of Microslips in Reaching Movements, Micro-Slips in the Development of an Everyday Skill, Motion Sickness and Postural Motion Affected by Stance Width, Postural Instability and Motion Sickness in Console Video Games, Emergence and Stability of Postural Patterns with Hemiparesis, Control of Posture in Professional Level Ballet Dancers, Effects of Cognition and Expertise on Postural Sway Regularity, Task, Environmental Structure, and Illumination Influences on Posture, Posture and the Amplitude of Horizontal Eye Movements, Spatial Perception and Use of the White Cane by Visually Handicapped Persons: Analyzing From the Viewpoint of How Totally Blind Persons Use Their White Cane to Orient Themselves When Walking, Low-Vision Aids for Young Visually Impaired Children: Learning to Use a Magnifier, Perceiving Object Length by Dynamic Touch After a Stroke: A Case Study, Dynamic Touch in Patients with Cervical Spinal Cord Injury, Age-Related Differences in Length Perception by Dynamic Touch, Apparent Size and Rotational Kinematics in Multimodal Heaviness Perception, Evidence for the Salience Hypothesis in Dynamic Touch, Grasped Diameter and the Information Space for Haptic Length Perception, Fractality and the Attunement of Perceptual Systems, Consequences of Ecological Approach to Perceptual Error, Feedback on Every Practice Trial is Sufficient (But Not Necessary) for Improvements in Perceptual Accuracy, Effects of Loading a Weight on the Perceived Limb Length, Remote Haptic Perception of Whether an Object Can Be Carried Through a Doorway, Direct Perception of an Intentional Subject: A Minimalist Approach, Enactive Training Method for Space Perception Using Acoustic Surroundings, Inverted Pattern of Point-Light Walker and the Gait Perception, A Binocular Basis for the Perception of Size, The Moon Illusion and the Size-Distance Paradox, Kinematic Information for the Perception of Affordances for Others, Task Constraints on Affordance Boundaries, Critical Boundaries and Median Values in Affordance Perception, Perceiving Multiple Affordances of Natural Objects and Human Artefacts, Affordance of Containers at Meal Settings, Doug Engelbart and the Exploration of Affordances in Personal Computing, Ecological Implications of Transparent Tools, Author index , Keyword index