Hand movements: A window into haptic object recognition

1987/07/01 by Susan J Lederman, Susan J. Lederman, Roberta L Klatzky +1 · 1,986 citations
Engineering · Mathematics · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Artificial intelligence #Cognitive neuroscience of visual object recognition #Computer science #Computer vision #Engineering #Haptic technology #Hearing Impairment and Communication #Human–computer interaction #Matching (statistics) #Mathematics #Motor Control and Adaptation #Movement (music) #Object (grammar) #Property (philosophy) #Representation (politics) #Tactile and Sensory Interactions #Task (project management)

paper · doi:10.1016/0010-0285(87)90008-9

published in Cognitive Psychology 19(3), 342-368 (Elsevier BV)

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