Studies in perception and action V: Tenth International Conference on Perception and Action : Aug. 8-13, 1999, Edinburgh, Scotland

655 Pages·1999·4.93 MB·English

by  Madeleine A. Grealy

Studies in Perception and Action V : Tenth
International Conference On Perception and
title:
Action : Aug. 8-13, 1999, Edinburgh,
Scotland
author: Grealy, Madeleine A.
publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
isbn10 | asin: 0805832572
print isbn13: 9780805832570
ebook isbn13: 9780585180410
language: English
Perceptual-motor processes--Congresses,
subject
Perception--Congresses.
publication date: 1999
lcc: BF295.I57 1999eb
ddc: 153.7
subject: Perceptual-motor processes--Congresses,
Perception--Congresses.
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Studies in Perception and Action V
Tenth International Conference on Perception and Action
August 813, 1999
Edinburgh, Scotland
Edited by
Madeleine A. Grealy
Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences,
Glasgow University, Scotland
James A. Thomson
Department of Psychology,
Strathclyde University, Glasgow,
Scotland
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface xiii
Contributors xv
Section I. Perception
IA. Vision
The Walker's Direction Affects the Perception of 3
Biological Motion
Mark F. Bradshaw, Rachel Leach, Paul B. Hibbard, Rob
van der Willigen & Simon K. Rushton
Flow Fields and Curvature: Confusion about the Path 7
Ahead
John M. Kennedy & Bruce Oddson
Independence of Perceived Size and Perceived Distance 12
Clint Cooper
Does Occlusion Allow Metrical Perception of Depth 15
Intervals?
Matthew Stroop, Claudia Carello, Ronald Growney & M.
T. Turvey
Becoming Competent through the Perceiver's Eye 20
Kairi Kreegipuu & Sverker Runeson
Angular Subtense and Binocular Vision: Worse Than 24
Worst
John M. Kennedy & Igor Juricevic
Disparity Constrains the Increased Perceived Speed of 28
Transparent Motions
Bart De Bruyn
Reliability and Accuracy in Size Judgments of Objects and 32
Oneself
Thomas R. Alley
Role of Energy Conservation in Event Perception 36
Charles R. Twardy & Geoffrey P. Bingham
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Effects of Irrelevant Cues on Reach and Saccade Direction 41
Louise A. Howard & Steven P. Tipper
IB. Audition
Auditory Categorization of Sound Sources 47
Olivier Houix, Stephen McAdams & René Caussé
Detection of Occluding Edges by the Use of Echolocation 52
Kiyohide Ito
Auditory Information in Movement Control Tasks 57
Andreas Hellmann & Rainer Guski
Hearing Where We Look: Information-Based Regulation 62
between Perceptual Systems
Jeffrey B. Wagman & Jeffrey T. Andre
IC. Haptics and Touch
Haptic and Auditory Information Support Perception of 68
Size: Fine Granules
John B. Pittenger & Mark D. Mincy
Large Systematic Deviations in the Haptic Perception of 73
Parallellity
Astrid M.L. Kappers
Haptic Curvature Thresholds over a Gamut of Scales 77
Stefan Louw, Astrid M. L. Kappers, & Jan J. Koenderink
Are Haptic Perceptions Independent? 81
Megan M. Cooper
Aging and Perception by Dynamic Touch 85
Claudia Carello, Steve Thuot, & M. T. Turvey

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Nonvisual Alignment of the Hands in Different Spatial 89
Locations
Matthew T. Butwill
A Virtual Haptic World for Applied and Basic Research 94
Gunnar Jansson
Section II. Perception-Action Coupling
IIA. Visually Guided Action
Estimating Time to Collision with a Rotating 100
Nonspherical Object
Rob Gray & David Regan
Judging Time to Passage 104
Cathy M. Craig & Reinoud J. Bootsma
Is Heading Perception Absolute or Nominal? 109
Brett R. Fajen
The Role of Experience in High Speed Curve Negotiation 113
S. D. Rogers & E. E. Kadar
Effects of Roadway Design on Driver Behavior: 117
Minnesota Case Studies
Selma N. de Ridder, Steve Scallen & Peter Hancock
Using Optic Flow and Visual Direction to Guide Reaching122
Daniel S. McConnell & Geoffrey P. Bingham
Binocular Disparity and Scene-Based Cues Aid the 126
Control of Reaching
Simon J. Watt, Mark F. Bradshaw, Paul B. Hibbard & Rob
van der Willigen
Sensori-Motor Coupling: A Kinematic Analysis 131
Rod Corban & Frank Eves
Perceptual Anticipation in Grasping Movement: When 135
Does It Become Possible?
Arnaud Louis-Dam, Jean-Pierre Orliaguet, & Yann
Coello