Most Recent Presentations

The International Conference on Perception and Action (ICPA) - July 2 - 6, 2007

CoRR faculty and graduate students attended the 14th International Conference on Perception and Action in Yokohama, Japan where they presented the results of their research with colleagues from several countries throughout the world. Symposia abstracts and poster presentations can be found under the CoRR Activities - Research Presentations section of this website.

The Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action (CESPA) including members of CoRR at ICPA 14 held in Yokohama, Japan..

Symposia, Workshops, and Lectures

• Perceiving-Acting Workshop guest presentations were conducted throughout the 2006-2007 academic year. The following presentations in particular related to CoRR activities.

Simone Gill, New York University, "Flexible Motor Responses in Cyclical Actions"

Dagmar Sternad, Pennsylvania State University, "Towards a Unifed Account of Rhythmic and Discrete Movements- Behavioral, Modeling and fMRI Results"

Richard Van Emmerik, Department of Exercise Science, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, “Dynamic Stability and Energetics of Human Gait: Coupling of Locomotion and Respiration”

Research Publications

Hajnal, A., Fonseca, S., Harrison , S., Kinsella-Shaw, J.M., & Carello, C. (2007). Comparison of dynamic (effortful) touch by hand and foot. Journal of Motor Behavior, 39, 82-88.

Hajnal, A., Fonseca, S., Kinsella-Shaw, J.M., Silva, P., Carello, C., & Turvey, M.T. (2007). Haptic selective attention by foot and by hand. Neuroscience Letters, 419, 5-9.

Withagen, R. & Michaels, C.F. (2007).Transfer of calibration between length and sweet-spot perception by dynamic touch. Ecological Psychology, 19(1), 1-19.

Carello, C., Kinsella-Shaw, J.M., Amazeen, E.L., Turvey, M.T. (2006). Peripheral neuropathy and object length perception by effortful (dynamic) touch: A case study. Neuroscience Letters, 405, 159-163.

Kinsella - Shaw , J.M., Colon-Semenza, C., & Harrison, S.J., Turvey, M.T.(2006). Effects of visual environment on quiet standing by young and old adults. Journal of Motor Behavior, 38 , 251-264.

Carello, C., Pellecchia, G. L., Amazeen, P. G., & Turvey, M. T. (2005). Stability and variability of rhythmic coordination with compromised haptic perceptual systems. In H. Heft & K. L. Marsh (Eds.), Studies in perception and action, VIII . Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Carello, C., Kinsella-Shaw, J. M., & Eric L. Amazeen, E. L. (2005). Peripheral neuropathy and length perception by dynamic touch. In H. Heft & K. L. Marsh (Eds.), Studies in perception and action, VIII . Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Post-doctoral and Graduate Student Training

Recruited Post Doctoral Fellow (2006-2008)

Cedrick Bonnet
University of Minnesota

Recruited 2 Post doctoral Fellows (2005-2006).

Dr. Marisa Cotta Mancini
Department of Occupational Therapy
Federal University of Minas Gerais
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Dr. Sérgio Teixeira da Fonseca
Department of Physical Therapy
Federal University of Minas Gerais
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

• Recruited a graduate student who began Fall, 2005. Her degree will be in Ecological Psychology; her research will be in CoRR.

Paula Lanna Silva, M.A.
Department of Physical Therapy
Federal University of Minas Gerais
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Infrastructure

•Deborah Bubela, MA, PT, began work as the CoRR Program Assistant on April 29, 2005. The search generated many qualified applicants, but we were especially lucky to hire Bubela who, as a licensed physical therapist, will be an especially valuable asset in the running of experiments and in contacts with older adult and patient populations.

•The CoRR link has been established on the CESPA web site ( http://ione.psy.uconn.edu:16080/~cespaweb/CoRR.html ). It describes CoRR's background and goals, education and support activities, and ongoing research projects.