Abstract. How do human babies gain knowledge by touch? This review presents information on the haptic abilities of human newborns and preterm infants which sheds light on this question. How do full-term and preterm newborns perceive information and form ...
We investigated whether anticipated speed of locomotion through an aperture influences perception of whether an object can be carried through that aperture. Participants reported whether they would be able to carry objects through an aperture (a) if they ...
An account of intersensory integration is premised on knowing that different sensory inputs arise from the same object. Could, however, the combination of the inputs be impaired although the “unity assumption” holds? Forty observers viewed a square ...
Abstract. Possibilities for behavior (i.e., affordances) can be perceived with units spanning anatomical components and external objects. For example, affordances for standing on an inclined surface can be perceived with an object held in ...