The Bionics and Cognitive Science Centre
Recent Publications and Presentations
Where available, click on the publications below for abstracts or to link out to the publication.
Richardson , B., Symmons, M., & Wuillemin, D. (2006). The contribution of virtual reality to research on sensory feedback in remote control.Virtual Reality , 9, 234-242.
Richardson , B., Symmons, M., & Wuillemin, D. (2006). Passive exploration and static skin might be more useful than previously assumed. World Haptics Conference, 3-6 July, Paris.
VanDoorn, G.H., Richardson , B.L., Wuillemin, D.B., & Symmons, M.A.(2006). Active and passive movements give rise to different judgements of coldness. Perception, 35, 573-575.
Richardson, B.L., Symmons, M.A., Wuillemin, D.B., & Van Doorn, G. H. (2005). Looking through a fingertip. World Haptics Conference, 18-20 March 2005, Pisa.
Richardson, B.L., Wuillemin, D.B., Symmons, M.A., & Accardi, R. (2005). The Exograsp delivers tactile and kinaesthetic information about virtual objects. Accepted for presentation at IEEE Tencon, November 2005, Melbourne.
Symmons, M.A., Richardson, B.L., Wuillemin, D.B., & Van Doorn, G.H.(2005). Active versus passive touch in three dimensions. Proceedings of World Haptics Conference, 108-113, IEEE Computer Society.
Symmons, M.A., Richardson, B.L., Wuillemin, D.B., & Van Doorn, G.H.(2005). Kinaesthetic and cutaneous contributions to raised-line stimulus interpretation. World Haptics Conference, 18-20 March 2005, Pisa.
Van Doorn, G.H., Richardson, B.L., Wuillemin, D.B., & Symmons, M.A. (2005). Modification of magnitude estimations in thermotactile perception during self- and externally-generated movements. Perception, 34(2), 231-236.
Wuillemin, D.B., VanDoorn, G.H., Richardson, B.L. & Symmons, M.A. (2005). Haptic and visual size judgements in virtual and real environments. Proceedings of World Haptics Conference, 86-89, IEEE Computer Society.
Lopez, O., Haigh, C., & Burney, S. (2004). Relationship between hardiness and perceived stress in two generations of Latin American migrants. Australian Psychologist, 39(3), 238-243.
Richardson, B.L., Symmons, M.A. & Wuillemin, D.B. (2004). The relative importance of cutaneous and kinaesthetic cues in raised line drawing identification. In S. Ballesteros & M. Heller (Eds) Touch Blindness and Neuroscience. Madrid: Universidad Nacional De Educacion a Distancia.
Richardson, B.L, Wuilllemin, D.B, & Symmons, M.A. (2004). Sensory feedback and remote control of machines in mining and extraterrestrial environments. Journal of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2, March/April, 53-56.
Symmons, M.A., Richardson, B.L., & Wuillemin, D.B. (2004). Active versus passive touch: Superiority depends more on the task than the mode. In S. Ballesteros & M. Heller (Eds) Touch Blindness and Neuroscience. Madrid: Universidad Nacional De Educacion a Distancia.
Wuillemin, D.B., Richardson, B.L. & Symmons, M.A. (2004). Misperceiving size A haptic illusion in two dimensions. In S. Ballesteros & M. Heller (Eds) Touch Blindness and Neuroscience. Madrid: Universidad Nacional De Educacion a Dist ancia.
Theses
Fernandez, F. (2005). Face recognition benefits more from reinstatement of similar context than of same context. Unpublished MA thesis. Churchill: Monash University.
Jervis, C. (2005). Gestalt laws in vision and haptics. Unpublished MA thesis. Churchill: Monash University.
Symmons, M.A. (2005). Active and passive haptic exploration of two- and three-dimensional stimuli . Unpublished PhD thesis. Melbourne: Monash University.
Van Doorn, G.H. (2004). Modification of magnitude estimations in thermotactile perception during self- and externally-generated movements. Unpublished BA Hons thesis. Churchill: Monash University.