Taking a hands-on approach: Current perspectives on the effect of hand position on vision

• 1. Verfasser: Philip Tseng (auth)
• Weitere Verfasser: Christopher Davoli (auth)
• Format: Elektronisch Buchkapitel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Schriftenreihe: Frontiers Research Topics
• Schlagworte: Psychology; visual attention; perception and action; peripersonal space; spatial attention; affordance; Proprioception; multisensory integration; Embodied Cognition; near and far space; tool-use
• Online-Zugang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

An exciting new line of research that investigates the impact of one's own hands on visual processing has flourished in the past several years. Specifically, several studies have demonstrated that objects near the hands receive prioritized attention, enhanced perceptual sensitivity, altered fig...