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Affordances and Inertial Constraints on Tool Use

Pages 173-195 | Published online: 08 Jun 2010

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Balagopal Raveendranath, Christopher C. Pagano, Moloud Nasiri, Andrew C. Robb & Sabarish V. Babu. (2023) Effect of Texture on the Perception of Axis of Rotation of Rotating Panels. Ecological Psychology 35:1-2, pages 1-30.
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Madhur Mangalam, Matheus M. Pacheco, Dorothy M. Fragaszy & Karl M. Newell. (2019) Perceptual Learning of Tooling Affordances of a Jointed Object via Dynamic Touch. Ecological Psychology 31:1, pages 14-29.
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Claudia Carello & Michael T. Turvey. (2017) Useful Dimensions of Haptic Perception: 50 Years After The Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems. Ecological Psychology 29:2, pages 95-121.
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JeffreyB. Wagman & Kevin Shockley. (2011) Metamers for Hammer-With-Ability Are Not Metamers for Poke-With-Ability. Ecological Psychology 23:2, pages 76-92.
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PaulaL. Silva, Steven Harrison, Jeffrey Kinsella-Shaw, M.T. Turvey & Claudia Carello. (2009) Lessons for Dynamic Touch From a Case of Stroke-Induced Motor Impairment. Ecological Psychology 21:4, pages 291-307.
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Eric A. Malek & Jeffrey B. Wagman. (2008) Kinetic potential influences visual and remote haptic perception of affordances for standing on an inclined surface. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 61:12, pages 1813-1826.
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Philip Hove, Michael A. Riley & Kevin Shockley. (2006) Perceiving Affordances of Hockey Sticks by Dynamic Touch. Ecological Psychology 18:3, pages 163-189.
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Jeffrey B. Wagman & Kona R. Taylor. (2005) Perceiving Affordances for Aperture Crossing for the Person-Plus-Object System. Ecological Psychology 17:2, pages 105-130.
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Raoul M. Bongers, Ad W. Smitsman & Claire F. Michaels. (2004) Geometric, But Not Kinetic, Properties of Tools Affect the Affordances Perceived by Toddlers. Ecological Psychology 16:2, pages 129-158.
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Claire F. Michaels. (2004) Human Movement Sciences Symposium on Perception and Action: Epilogue. Ecological Psychology 16:1, pages 67-71.
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Claudia Carello. (2004) Perceiving Affordances by Dynamic Touch: Hints From the Control of Movement. Ecological Psychology 16:1, pages 31-36.
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RaoulM. Bongers, AdW. Smitsman & ClaireF. Michaels. (2003) Geometries and Dynamics of a Rod Determine How It Is Used for Reaching. Journal of Motor Behavior 35:1, pages 4-22.
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Madhur Mangalam, Dorothy M. Fragaszy, Jeffrey B. Wagman, Brian M. Day, Damian G. Kelty-Stephen, Raoul M. Bongers, Dietrich W. Stout & François Osiurak. (2022) On the psychological origins of tool use. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 134, pages 104521.
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