Nonrigid materials, such as jelly, rubber, or sponge move and deform in distinctive ways
depending on their stiffness. Which cues do we use to infer stiffness? We simulated cubes of …

… RW Fleming and VC Paulun contributed to the study design. Stimulus generation, data
collection and analysis were performed by VC Paulun. RW Fleming and VC Paulun interpreted …

Visually inferring the stiffness of objects is important for many tasks but is challenging because,
unlike optical properties (eg, gloss), mechanical properties do not directly affect image …

Successfully picking up and handling objects requires taking into account their physical
properties (eg, material) and position relative to the body. Such features are often inferred by …

We rarely experience difficulty picking up objects, yet of all potential contact points on the
surface, only a small proportion yield effective grasps. Here, we present extensive behavioral …

Grasping is one of the fundamental actions we perform to interact with objects in real
environments, and in the real world we rarely experience difficulty picking up objects. Grasping …

Visually inferring the elasticity of a bouncing object poses a challenge to the visual system:
The observable behavior of the object depends on its elasticity but also on extrinsic factors, …

When haptically exploring softness, humans use higher peak forces when indenting harder
versus softer objects. Here, we investigated the influence of different channels and types of …

Choosing appropriate grasp points is necessary for successfully interacting with objects in
our environment. We brought two possible determinants of grasp point selection into conflict: …

When we search for visual targets in a cluttered background we systematically move our
eyes around to bring different regions of the scene into foveal view. We explored how visual …