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| My main research interest is the functional link between perception and action. Specifically, I’m interested in the temporal and spatial aspects of planning and controlling goal-directed actions. The temporal aspects of visual perception and action refer to when, before and during movement execution, people need to pick up visual information to guide their actions. In previous research we found that the timing of visual information pick-up is of crucial importance in fast paced actions like basketball. Currently we investigate the timing of information pick-up in a driving task performed by young adults with and without movement coordination difficulties (aka as DCD or dyspraxia). The spatial aspects of visual perception refer to what information sources guide goal-directed actions. In previous research we showed that far aiming can be guided by the angle of elevation once it is calibrated to constants in the environment. We’ve also looked at the role of peripheral motion and how it can affect expert performance. Currently we investigate decision-making in dynamic sports settings in terms of the perception of action possibilities. I’m currently based at RHUL on a project about the use of offline and online visual information in driving by people with and without movement coordination difficulties. This work is funded by a Rubicon grant from The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Collaborations: German Sport University Cologne, Technical University of Lisbon, VU University Amsterdam. Keywords: direct perception, visual information sources, developmental coordination disorder, basketball, action possibilities, decision making. |
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX |