Studies in Perception and Action VII: Twelfth International Conference on Perception and Action : July 13-18, 2003, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Table of Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 10
Meeting History......Page 12
Contributors......Page 13
"Representational Momentum" and the Perception of Complex Biological Motion......Page 24
Body Shape Contributions to Perception of Point Light Displays......Page 28
Sensitivity to Emotional Events......Page 32
Property of Human Locomotion in Animations and Biomechanics......Page 36
Altered Depth Perception in Stereoscopic Visualization......Page 38
The Mona Lisa Effect: Perception of Gaze Direction in Real and Pictured Faces......Page 42
The Logical Structure of Visual Information......Page 48
Effects of Texture and Surface Corrugation on Perceived Direction of Heading......Page 52
Viewing Pictures: Similar Triangles Show How Viewing Distance Increases Size......Page 57
Viewing Pictures from Too Far: When are Tiles Perceived Square?......Page 60
Frequency and Amplitude are Inversely Related in Circle Drawing......Page 64
Learning and Transfer across Different Effector Systems: The Example of Goal-Directed Displacement Tasks......Page 68
Hierarchical Control of the Bimanual Gallop......Page 72
Visual Basis of Directional Constraint in Hand-Foot Coordination Dynamics......Page 76
The Role of Visual and Kinesthetic Information in Bimanual Coordination......Page 80
The Ecological Meaning of Spatial Symmetry in Bimanual Motor Coordination......Page 84
Musculoskeletal Dynamics of the Wrist During Rhythmic Activity......Page 88
Recruitment in a Synchronisation Task: A Coalition of Constraints......Page 92
Intention and Attention in Gestural Coordination: Asymmetric HKB Model......Page 96
Bi-Manual Haptic Attention......Page 102
Heaviness Perception Depends on Movement......Page 106
Contribution of the Inertia Tensor to Manual Multi- Joint Pointing......Page 110
Transfer of Calibration in Dynamic Touch: Length and Sweet-Spot Perception......Page 114
Postural Sway Decreases During Performance of a Digit Rehearsal Task......Page 118
Modeling Phase Transitions in Human Posture......Page 122
Sports Expertise Influences Learning of Postural Coordination......Page 127
The Dynamics of Learning New Postures......Page 132
An Intentional Dynamics Assessment Procedure for Discrete Tasks......Page 136
Measuring Exploratory Learning with Minimal Instruction as Drift......Page 139
Experimental Investigations of the Emergence of Communication Procedures......Page 143
'Mind the Gap': False Memories as a Case of Event Cognition......Page 148
Feature Detection: An Adequate Meta-Theory for Fear Responding?......Page 153
"Perception for Inhibition": A Dorsal-frontal Pathway for Sensorimotor Regulation?......Page 158
Mobile Phones and Driving: Affordances and Attention......Page 163
A Comparison of Real Catching with Catching in a CAVE......Page 168
Task-Constraints and Movement Possibilities Influence the Timing of Hitting......Page 172
Perception-Action Coupling and Expertise in Interceptive Actions......Page 176
Binocular Depth Vision in the Timing of One-Handed Catching......Page 180
How Do We Reach and Grasp a Virtual Image?......Page 184
Movement Sequences for Cracking an Egg......Page 188
Tau Guidance for Mobile Soccer Robots......Page 192
Stereoscopic 3D Visualisation Using Gaze-Contingent Volume Rendering: Exploratory Perception in Action......Page 196
Does Exploration Promote Convergence on Specifying Variables?......Page 201
Evidence for Two Visual Pathways: Differences in Walking and Talking Perceived Distance......Page 205
Linguistic Background and Perception of an Ambiguous Figure: New Findings......Page 210
Behavior of a Harbor Porpoise in an Unfamiliar Environment......Page 214
What is the Sound of One Rod Dropping?......Page 218
A New Look at Situational Awareness: The Essential Ingredients for Modeling Perceiving and Acting by Animate and Robot Agents......Page 222
A Précis of a Position to be Elaborated in the Workshop, on the Challenges and Promises of an Ecological Approach to Robotics......Page 224
Toward Smart Cars with Computer Vision for Integrated Driver and Road Scene Monitoring......Page 230
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