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Title: Board of Trustees' Distinguished Professor
Contact Information:
Department of Psychology
406 Babbidge Road, Unit 1020
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-1020
E-mail: turvey@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Office Phone: (860) 486-3906
Lab Phone: (860) 486-6149
CoRR Involvement:
Dr. Turvey's research will serve as a foundation for CoRR Research Activities. He will guide the development of research studies and he'll oversee the theory to practice validation studies.
Research Interests:
- Dynamic touch, Interlimb coordination, Optic flow, Postural stability, Visual word recognition
Representative Publications:
- Turvey, M. T., Shockley, K., & Carello, C. (1999). Affordance, proper function, and the physical basis of perceived heaviness. Cognition, 17, B17-B26 .
- Kunkler-Peck, A., & Turvey, M. T. (2000). Hearing shape. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 26, 279-294 .
- Lukatela, G., & Turvey, M. T. (2000). An evaluation of the two-cycles model of phonology assembly. Journal of Memory and Language, 42, 183-207.
- Kim, N-G., Fajen, B., & Turvey, M. T. (2000). Perceiving circular heading in noncanonical flow fields. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 26, 31-56 .
- Goodman, L., Riley, M., Mitra, S., & Turvey, M. T. (2000). Advantages of rhythmic movements at resonance: Minimal active degrees of freedom, minimal noise, and maximal predictability. Journal of Motor Behavior, 32, 3-8.
Other:
- University of Connecticut Board of Trustees' Distinguished Professor Award, 2000.
- University of Connecticut Alumni Association's Distinguished Professor, 1994-1997.
- Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam , 1995.
- American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientist Lecturer, 1998.
- Research Scientist, Haskins Laboratories ( New Haven , CT ).
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