The two visual systems hypothesis suggests processing of visual information into two distinct
routes in the brain: a dorsal stream for the control of actions and a ventral stream for the …

When lifting an object, the brain uses visual cues and an internal object representation to
predict its weight and scale fingertip forces accordingly. Once available, tactile information is …

Lifting an object requires precise scaling of fingertip forces based on a prediction of object
weight. At object contact, a series of tactile and visual events arise that need to be rapidly …

Movement strategies were investigated in a haptic search task where participants indicated
whether a target was present among a varying number of items. Hand movements were …

Skillful object lifting relies on scaling fingertip forces according to the object’s weight. When
no visual cues about weight are available, force planning relies on previous lifting experience…

The present study examined the effect of timing constraints and advance knowledge on eye–hand
coordination strategy in a sequential pointing task. Participants were required to point …

When, in visual and haptic search, a target is easily found among distractors, this is called a
pop-out effect. The target feature is then believed to be salient, and the search is performed …

Transcranial magnetic stimulation studies have highlighted that corticospinal excitability is
increased during observation of object lifting, an effect termed “motor resonance.” This …

Affordances represent features of an object that trigger specific actions. Here we tested
whether the presence and orientation of a handle on a cup could bias grasping movements …

In this study the saliency of hardness and softness were investigated in an active haptic search
task. Two experiments were performed to explore these properties in different contexts. In …