Abstract
On the whole, people recognize objects best when they see the objects from a familiar view and worse when they see the objects from views that were previously occluded from sight. Unexpectedly, we found haptic object recognition to be viewpoint-specific as well, even though hand movements were unrestricted. This viewpoint dependence was due to the hands preferring the back "view" of the objects. Furthermore, when the sensory modalities (visual vs. haptic) differed between learning an object and recognizing it, recognition performance was best when the objects were rotated back-to-front between learning and recognition. Our data indicate that the visual svstem recognizes the front view of objects best, whereas the hand recognizes objects best from the back.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 37-42 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Psychological Science |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2001 Jan |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Special thanks go to LEGO Germany for kindly donating the stimuli. We thank M.S. Banks, G.E. Legge, J.M. Findlay, and D. Kersten for comments on earlier drafts of this article. This research was supported by the Human Frontiers Science Program, the Durham University Research Foundation, and the Max-Planck Society. Informed consent was obtained from all persons who participated in our experiments.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Psychology