Looking more, acting better
New concept of eye-hand coordination for skilled action
Naotoshi Abekawa
Sensory and Motor Research Group, Human and Information Science Laboratory
Sensory and Motor Research Group, Human and Information Science Laboratory
One key issue in developing user-friendly ICT is to understand the “behavior” or “action” of users. Humans readily exhibit natural and complex movements, and such motor control is realizedbysophisticated brain mechanisms, including the control of eye movements to obtain target information and the generation of limb movements. In this talk, we will consider skillful motor control, focusing specifically on the mechanism of coordinated eye and arm motion. We address questions like “Why the eye is important for skilled motor actions” by introducing explanations from the literature, and propose a new interpretationbased on our findings.
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Sensory and Motor Research Group, Human and Information Science Laboratory