Eric L. Amazeen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychology Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-1104

OVERVIEW

My research program explores ecological and dynamical approaches to perception and action.  Specific research lines include:  weight perception and the haptic size-weight illusion, visual control of catching and juggling, visual attention and handedness, and dynamical models of motor control.

PUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS

• Schwartz, M., Amazeen, E.L., & Turvey, M.T. (1995).  Superimposition in interlimb coordination.  Human Movement Science, 14, 681-694.

 
• Amazeen, E.L., Sternad, D., & Turvey, M.T. (1996).  Experimental control of the nonlinear shift of coordination equilibria.  Human Movement Science, 15, 521-542.

 
• Amazeen, E.L., & Turvey, M.T. (1996). Weight perception and the haptic size-weight illusion are functions of the inertia tensor.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 22,213-232.

 
• Sternad, D., Amazeen, E.L., & Turvey, M.T. (1996).  Diffusive, synaptic, and synergetic coupling: An investigation through inphase and antiphase coordination.  Journal of Motor Behavior, 28, 255-269.

 
• Amazeen, E.L. (1997).  Effects of volume on the perception of heaviness by dynamic touch: With and without vision. Ecological Psychology, 9, 245-263.

 
• Amazeen, E.L., Amazeen, P.G., Treffner, P.J., & Turvey, M.T. (1997).  Attention and handedness in bimanual coordination dynamics.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 23, 1552-1560.

 
• Riley, M. , Amazeen, E.L., Amazeen, P.G., Treffner, P.J., & Turvey, M.T. (1997).  Effects of temporal scaling and attention on the asymmetrical dynamics of bimanual coordination. Motor Control, 1, 263-283.

 
• Amazeen, P.G., Amazeen, E.L., & Turvey, M.T. (1998).  Breaking the reflectional symmetry of interlimb coordination dynamics.  Journal of Motor Behavior, 30, 199-216.

 
• Amazeen, P.G., Amazeen, E. L., & Turvey, M. T. (1998).  Dynamics of human intersegmental coordination: Theory and research. In D. A. Rosenbaum & C. E. Collyer (Eds.), Timing of behavior: Neural, computational, and psychological perspectives (pp. 237-259). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

 
• Beek, P.J., & Amazeen, E.L. (1998).  On the implications of Bernstein's analysis of dexterity for motor control. Contemporary Psychology, 43, 345-346.

 
• Turvey, M. T., Burton, G., Amazeen, E.L., Butwill, M., & Carello, C. (1998).  Perceiving the width and height of a hand-held object by dynamic touch.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 24, 35-48.

 
• Amazeen, E.L. (1999).  Perceptual independence of size and weight by dynamic touch.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 25, 102-119.

 
• Amazeen, E.L., Amazeen, P.G., Post, A.A., & Beek, P.J. (1999).  Timing the selection of information during rhythmic catching.  Journal of Motor Behavior, 31, 279-289.

 

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

• Owens, D.A., Amazeen, E.L., & Engstrom, R. (1992).  Night myopia affects the contrast sensitivity function. Investigative Opthalmology and Visual Science (suppl.), 33, 1147.

 
• Amazeen, E.L. (1995).  Experimental control of the nonlinear drift of coordination equilibria.  In B.G. Bardy, R.J. Bootsma & Y. Guiard (Eds.), Studies in perception and action, III.  Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. pp. 33-36.

 
• Amazeen, E.L. (1995).  The size-weight illusion.  In B.G. Bardy, R.J. Bootsma & Y. Guiard (Eds.), Studies in perception and action, III.  Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. pp. 407-410.

 
• Amazeen, E.L. (1997).  Effects of volume on perceived heaviness.  In M. A. Schmuckler & J. M. Kennedy (Ed.), Studies in perception and action, IV.  Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. pp. 123-126.

 
• Burke, M.M. & Amazeen, E.L. (1997).  Object visibility and the inertia tensor as factors in the size-weight illusion.  In M. A. Schmuckler & J. M. Kennedy (Ed.), Studies in perception and action, IV.  Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. pp. 249-252.

 
• Amazeen, E.L., Amazeen, P.G., Post, A.A., & Beek, P.J. (1998).  Timing the selection of visual information for catching.  Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology (Suppl.), 20, 35.

 
• Amazeen, E.L., Amazeen, P.G., Post, A.A., & Beek, P.J. (1998).  Timing the selection of visual information in rhythmic throwing.  In B. Bril, A. Ledebt, G. Dietrich, & A. Roby-Brami (Eds.), Advances in perception-action coupling. pp. 85-89.

 
• Amazeen, P.G., Amazeen, E.L., & Beek, P.J. (1998).  The effect of experience on locomotor-respiratory coupling during wheelchair propulsion.  In B. Bril, A. Ledebt, G. Dietrich, & A. Roby-Brami (Eds.), Advances in perception-action coupling. pp. 123-127.

 
• Amazeen, P.G., Amazeen, E.L., & Beek, P.J. (1998).  Locomotor-respiratory coupling in wheelchair propulsion. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology (Suppl.), 20, 40.

 
• Amazeen, P.G., Amazeen, E.L., & Beek, P.J. (1998).  Locomotor-respiratory coupling during manual wheelchair propulsion.  In L.H.V. van der Woude, M.T.E. Hopman, & C.H. van Kemenade (Eds.), Biomedical aspects of manual wheelchair propulsion:  State of the art II (pp. 202-207).  Amsterdam:  IOS Press.

• Amazeen, E.L. (1996). Are independent perceptions of weight and size possible by dynamic touch?  Doctoral Dissertation in Experimental Psychology, University of Connecticut.

• Amazeen, E.L., Amazeen, P.G., & Beek, P.J.  (submitted).  Eye movements and the selection of optical information for catching.

• Amazeen, P.G., Amazeen, E.L., & Beek, P.J.  (submitted).  Patterns of locomotor-respiratory coupling during manual wheelchair propulsion.

• Holden, J., & Amazeen, E.L.  (in preparation).  Multidimensional signal detection analysis of perceptual independence and separability in the size-weight illusion.

• Kloos, A., & Amazeen, E.L.  (in progress).  Perceiving heaviness by dynamic touch: A developmental study.