Human observers are capable of tracking multiple objects among identical distractors based
only on their spatiotemporal information. Since the first report of this ability in the seminal …

This chapter reviews the critical societal issues that have motivated research into socially
assistive robotics (SAR)(Sect. 73.2) and describes the reason why physical robots rather …

Studies of mind, thought and reason have tended to marginalize the role of bodily form, real-
world action, and environmental backdrop. In recent years, both in philosophy and cognitive …

We investigated the coupling between a speaker's and a listener's eye movements. Some
participants talked extemporaneously about a television show whose cast members they …

Eye gaze is a window onto cognitive processing in tasks such as spatial memory, linguistic
processing, and decision making. We present evidence that information derived from eye …

Previous research has suggested that preschoolers possess a cognitive system that allows
them to construct an abstract, coherent representation of causal relations among events …

Gaze was monitored by use of an infrared remote eye-tracker during perception and
imagery of geometric forms and figures of animals. Based on the idea that gaze prioritizes …

This study examined individual differences in categorical perception and the use of multiple
acoustic cues in the perception of the stop voicing contrast. Goals were to investigate …

One-year-old infants have a small receptive vocabulary and follow deictic gestures, but it is
still debated whether they appreciate the referential nature of these signals. Demonstrating …

Learners studying mechanical or technical processes via dynamic visualizations often fail to
build an accurate mental representation of the system's movements. Based on embodied …