Susan Lederman
Professor Emerita
Department of Psychology
B.A., University of Toronto, 1968
M.A., University of Wisconsin, 1970
Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1973
Research Summary
My research program has spanned a wide range of topics that pertain to sensory, perceptual, cognitive, and sensory-guided motor processing. More specifically, my research and publications have focused on the tactile psychophysics of texture (real and virtual), haptic and multisensory processing of objects and their properties, haptic space perception, and the sensory-guided control of grasping and manipulation. Most recently I have been investigating haptic face processing. Collectively, my research has employed both behavioural (psychophysical; cognitive; developmental) and neuroscience (e.g., fMRI; behavioural studies with neurologically intact and impaired populations) paradigms. I have also applied the results of my scientific research toward the solution of a variety of real-world problems, such as the design of a raised tactile feature and code that allows blind individuals to denominate Canadian banknotes by hand, and the design of haptic and multisensory interfaces for virtual environments and teleoperation.
Publications
Books & Edited Volumes
Wolfe, J., Levi, D., Kluender, K., Bartoshuk, L., Herz, R., Klatzky, R., Lederman, S.J. & Merfeld, D. (2015). Sensation and perception (4th edition). Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc.
Wolfe, J., Levi, D., Kluender, K., Bartoshuk, L., Herz, R., Klatzky, R., Lederman, S.J. & Merfeld, D. (2012). Sensation and perception (3rd edition). Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc.
Wolfe, J., Levi, D., Kluender, K., Bartoshuk, L., Herz, R., Klatzky, R., Lederman, S.J. & Merfeld D. (Oct, 2009). Sensation and perception (2nd edition). Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc.
Lederman, S.J. & Klatzky, R.L. (2007). New directions in touch (Special Issue; Guest Eds. Lederman, S.J. & Klatzky, R.L.). Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 61(3).
Jones, L.A. & Lederman, S.J. ( 2006). Human hand function. New York: Oxford University Press.
Wolfe, J., Levi, D., Kluender, K., Bartoshuk, L., Herz, R., Klatzky, R. & Lederman, S.J. (2006). Sensation and perception (First edition). Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc.
Journal articles, Chapters, Conference proceedings, etc.
Kitada, R., Okamoto Y, Sasaki AT, Kochiyama T, Miyahara, M, Lederman, SJ, and Sadato, N. (2013). Early visual experience and the recognition of basic facial expressions: Involvement of the middle temporal and inferior frontal gyri during haptic identification by the early blind. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 28 January 2013 Vol 7, Article 7, 1-15. (| doi:10.3389/fnhum.2013.00007) (PDF, 1.58 MB)
Kitada R, Sadato N, Lederman S. J. (2012) Tactile perception of nonpainful unpleasantness in relation to perceived roughness: Effects of inter-element spacing and speed of relative motion of rigid 2-D raised-dot patterns at two body loci. Perception, 41(2), 204 – 220 (PDF, 450 KB)
Klatzky, R.L., Abramowicz, A., Hamilton, C. & Lederman, SJ. (2011). Irrelevant visual faces influence haptic identification of facial expressions of emotion. Attention, Perception & Performance, 73 (2), 521-530. (PDF, 220 KB)
Klatzky, RL and Lederman, SJ (2011). Haptic object perception: Spatial dimensionality and relation to vision. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B, 366, 3097-3105. (PDF, 310 KB)
Lederman, SJ. & Jones, L.A. (2011) Tactile and haptic illusions. IEEE: Transactions on Haptics, 4(4), 273-294. (PDF, 677 KB)
Pawluk, D., Kitada, R., Abramowicz, A., Hamilton, C. & Lederman, S.J. (2011). Haptic perceptual organization: Attributing initial discrete finger contacts to objects or their supporting surfaces via a haptic glance. IEEE: Transactions on Haptics, 1, 2-13. (PDF, 484 KB)
Abramowicz A, Klatzky, RL & Lederman, SJ. (2010). The effect of training on the haptic classification of 2D raised-line drawings of FEEs by sighted and blind observers. Perception, 39, 1261-1275. (PDF, 801 KB)
Colgate, E. (and Lederman, SJ) (2010). An interview with Susan Lederman, IEEE: Transactions on Haptics, 3(4), 131-133. (PDF, 67 KB)
Kitada, R., Dijkerman, H. C., Soo, G. & Lederman, S.J. (2010). Representing human hands haptically or visually from first-person versus third-person perspectives. Perception, 39, 236-254. (PDF, 990 KB)
Kitada, R., Johnsrude, I., Kochiyama, T. & Lederman, S.J (2010). Brain networks involved in haptic and visual identification of facial expressions of emotion: An fMRI study. Neuroimage, 49(2), 1677-1689. (PDF, 606 KB)
Klatzky, R.L. & Lederman, S.J. (2010), Multisensory texture perception. (Ch. 12: pp. 211-230). In M.J. Naumer & J. Kaiser (eds.). Multisensory object perception in the primate brain. Springer Verlag. (PDF, 403 KB)
Lederman, SJ, Kitada, R., & Pawluk, D. (2010) Haptic perception. In The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology (4th edition), Vol2 (D-L). Weiner, IB and Craighead, WD (Eds). John Wiley, pp 750-752. (PDF, 1.28 MB)
Lederman, S.J., Klatzky, R.L. & Kitada, R.(2010). Haptic face processing and its relation to vision. (Chapter 15: pp 273-300). In M.J. Naumer & J. Kaiser (eds.), Multisensory object perception in the primate brain. Springer Verlag. (PDF, 749 KB)
McGregor, T.A., Klatzky, R.L., Hamilton, C. & Lederman, SJ. (2010). Haptic classification of facial identity in 2-D Displays: learning and inversion effects. IEEE: Transactions on Haptics, 1(2), 48- 55. (PDF, 547 KB)
Pawluk D., Kitada, R., Abramowicz A., Hamilton C., & Lederman SJ. (2010). Haptic figure-ground differentiation via a haptic glance. Proceedings of the Annual Haptics Symposium on Teleoperator and Virtual-Environment Systems, IEEE Haptics Symposium, 25-26 March, Waltham Massachusetts, USA, 63-66. (PDF, 710 KB)
Kitada, R., Johnsrude, I., Kochiyama, T. & Lederman, S.J. (2009). Functional specialization and convergence in the occipitotemporal cortex supporting haptic and visual identification of human faces and body parts: An fMRI study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 21(10) , 2027-2045. (PDF, 479 KB)
Klatzky, R. L., & Lederman, S. J. (2009) Haptics. In Goldstein, B. (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Perception. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (PDF, 87 KB)
Lederman, S.J. & Klatzky, R.L. (2009). Haptic perception: A tutorial. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. 71 (7) , 1439-1459. (PDF, 2.17 MB)
Lederman, S.J. & Klatzky, R.L. (2009). Human Haptics. In L.R. Squire (Ed). New Encyclopedia of Neuroscience., vol 5, 11-18. UK: Elsevier. (PDF, 1.51 MB)
Wing, A.M. & Lederman, S.J. (2009). Points for precision grip (Ch 14: pgs 193-203). In D.A. Nowak and J. Hermsdoerfer (Eds.). Sensorimotor control of grasping: physiology and pathophysiology. Cambridge University Press. (PDF, 666 KB)
Lederman, S.J., Klatzky, R.L., Rennert-May, E., Lee, J.H., Ng, K., & Hamilton, C. (2008). Haptic processing of facial expressions of emotion in 2D raised-line drawings. IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 1(1), 27-38. (PDF, 1.06 MB)
Klatzky, R.L. & Lederman, S.J. (2008). Object recognition by touch. In J. Rieser, D. Ashmead, F. Ebner, & A. Corn (eds). Blindness and Brain Plasticity in Navigation and Object Perception. New York: Erlbaum. (PDF, 1.78 MB)
Lederman, S.J. & Klatzky, R.L. (2007). New directions in touch (preface). Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 61(3), 169-170. (Special Issue on New Directions in Touch; Guest Eds. Lederman, S.J. & Klatzky, R.L.). (PDF, 108 KB)
Lederman, S.J., Kilgour, A., Kitada, R., Klatzky, R.L. & Hamilton, C. (2007). Haptic face processing. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 61(3), 230-241. (PDF, 1.24 MB)
Travieso, D. & Lederman, S.J. (2007). Assessing subclinical tactual deficits in the hand function of diabetic blind persons at risk for peripheral neuropathy. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 88, 1662-1672. (PDF, 280 KB)
Klatzky, R.L. & Lederman, S.J. (2007). Do intention and exploration modulate the pathways to haptic object identification? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 30, 213-214. (PDF, 356 KB)
Lawrence, M.A., Kitada, R., Klatzky, R.L. & Lederman, S.J. (2007). Haptic roughness perception of linear gratings via bare finger or rigid probe. Perception, 36, 547-557. (PDF, 216 KB)
Lederman, S.J., Klatzky, R.L., Abramowicz, A., Salsman, K., Kitada, R., & Hamilton, C. (2007). Haptic recognition of static and dynamic expressions of emotion in the live face. Psychological Science, 18(2), 158-164. (PDF, 502 KB)
Kitada, R., Kito, T., Saito, D.N., Kochiyama, T., Matsumura, M., Sadato, N., & Lederman, S.J. (2006). Multisensory activation of the intraparietal area when classifying grating orientation: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Journal of Neuroscience, 26 , 7491-7501. (PDF, 203 KB)
Kilgour, A. & Lederman, S.J. (2006). A haptic face-inversion effect. Perception, 35 , 921-931. (PDF, 185 KB)
James, T.W., Servos, P., Kilgour, A.R., Huh, E. & Lederman, S.J. (2006). The influence of familiarity on brain activation during haptic exploration of 3-D facemasks. Neuroscience Letters, 397, 269-273.
Lederman, S.J., Klatzky, R.L., Tong, C. & Hamilton, C. (2006). The perceived roughness of resistive virtual textures: Effects of varying viscosity with a force-feedback device. ACM: Transactions of Applied Perception, 3 (1), 15-30. (PDF, 367 KB)
Klatzky, R.L. & Lederman, S.J. (2006). The perceived roughness of resistive virtual textures: I. Rendering by a force-feedback mouse. ACM: Transactions of Applied Perception, 3 (1), 1-14. (PDF, 330 KB)
Kilgour, A., Kitada, R., Servos, P., James, T. & Lederman, S.J. (2005). Haptic face identification activates ventral occipital and temporal areas: An fMRI study. Brain & Cognition, 59, 246-257. (PDF, 406 KB)
Klatzky, R.L., Lederman, S.J. & Mankinen, J.M. (2005). Visual and haptic exploratory procedures in children's judgments about tool function. Infant Behavior & Development, 28 , 240-249. (PDF, 92 KB)
Kitada, R., Hashimoto, T., Kochiyama, T, Kito, T, Okada, T., Matsumura, M., Lederman, S.J., & Sadato, N. (2005). Tactile estimation of the roughness of gratings yields a graded response in the human brain: An fMRI study. NeuroImage, 25 , 90-100. ) (PDF, 564 KB)
Newman, S.D., Klatzky, R.L., Lederman, S.J. & Just, M.A. (2005). Imagining material versus geometric properties of objects: an fMRI study. Cognitive Brain Research, 23(2-3), 235-246. (PDF, 1.37 MB)
Drewing, K., Ernst, M.O., Lederman, S.J., & Klatzky, R. (2004). Roughness and spatial density judgments on visual and haptic textures using virtual reality. In M. Buss & M. Fritschi (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th International Conference EuroHaptics 2004 (pp. 203-206). Munich: Herbert Hieronymus. (PDF, 347 KB)
Wagner, C.R.,Lederman, S.J. & Howe, R.D. (2004). Design and performance of a tactile shape display using RC servomotors. Haptics-e (The Electronic Journal of Haptic Research), 3 (No. 4). Available at: http://www.haptics-e.org. (PDF, 1.76 MB)
Lederman, S.J. & Klatzky, R.L. (2004). Multisensory Texture Perception. In G. Calvert, C. Spence, and B. Stein (eds). Handbook of Multisensory Processes. Cambridge: MIT Press. (Chapter 7, pgs 107-122). (PDF, 323 KB)
Lederman, S.J. & Klatzky, R.L. (2004). Haptic identification of common objects: effects of constraining the manual exploration process. Perception & Psychophysics, 66(4), 618-628. (PDF, 228 KB)
Lederman, S.J., Howe, R.D., Klatzky, R.L., & Hamilton, C. (2004). Force variability during surface contact with bare finger or rigid probe. 12th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems,154-160. (PDF, 246 KB)
Kilgour, A., Servos, P., James, T. & Lederman, S.J. (2004). Haptic face recognition: an fMRI study. Brain and Cognition, 54(2), 159-161. (PDF, 61 KB)
Purdy, K.A., Lederman, S.J., & Klatzky, R.L. (2004). Haptic processing of the location of a known property: Does knowing what you've touched tell you where it is? Canadian Journal of Psychology, 58, 32-45. (PDF, 477 KB)
Kilgour, A.K., de Gelder, B., & Lederman, S.J. (2004). Haptic face recognition and prosopagnosia. Neuropsychologia, 42, 707-712. (PDF, 139 KB)
Klatzky, R.L. & Lederman, S.J. (2003). The haptic identification of everyday life objects. In Hatwell, Y. & Gentaz, E. (Eds). Touching and knowing (pp.123-159). Amsterdam:John Benjamins Publisher. (PDF, 7.65 MB)
Klatzky, R.L., Lederman, S.J., & Langseth, S. (2003). Watching a cursor distorts haptically guided reproduction of mouse movement. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. 9(4), 228-235. (PDF, 92 KB)
Lederman, S.J. & Wing, A.M. (2003). Perceptual judgement, grasp point selection and object symmetry. Experimental Brain Research, 152, 156-165. (PDF, 402 KB)
Klatzky, R.L., Lederman, S.J., Hamilton, C., Grindley, M. & Swendsen, R.H. (2003). Feeling textures through a probe: Effects of probe and surface geometry and exploratory factors. Perception & Psychophysics, 65(4), 613-631. (PDF, 424 KB)
Klatzky, R.L. & Lederman, S.J. (2003) Representing spatial location and layout from sparse kinesthetic contacts. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 29(2), 310-325. (PDF, 256 KB)
Klatzky, R.L. & Lederman, S.J. (2003). How well can we encode spatial layout from sparse kinesthetic contacts? IEEE VR'03, 11th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems,179-186. (PDF, 100 KB)
Lederman, S.J., Klatzky, R.L., Martin, A. & Tong, C. (2003). Relative performance using haptic and/or touch-produced auditory cues in a remote absolute texture identification task. IEEE VR'03, 11th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 151-158. (PDF, 340 KB)
Lee, J., Wagner, C., Lederman, S.J. & Howe, R.D. (2003). Spatial low pass filter choice for pin actuated tactile displays. IEEE VR'03, 11th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator systems, 57-62. (PDF, 288 KB)
Klatzky, R.L. & Lederman, S.J. (2003). Haptic Perception. In Encylopedia of Cognitive Science, (pp. 508 - 512). MacMillan Press. (PDF, 103 KB)
Klatzky, R.L. & Lederman, S.J. (2003). Touch. In A.F. Healy & R. W. Proctor (Eds.), Experimental Psychology (pp. 147-176). Volume 4 in I.B. Weiner (Editor-in-Chief). Handbook of Psychology, New York: John Wiley & Sons. (PDF, 5.54 MB)
Lederman, S.J. & Hamilton, C. (2002). Using tactile features to help functionally blind individuals denominate banknotes. Human Factors, 44(3) , 413-428. (PDF, 5.64 MB)
Klatzky, R.L. & Lederman, S.J. (2002). Tactile object perception and the perceptual stream. In L. Albertazzi (Ed.) Consciousness and perceptual continua. In series on Advances in consciousness research. (pp 147-162). Amsterdam:John Benjamin Publishing Company. (PDF, 4.66 MB)
Kilgour, A. & Lederman, S. (2002). Face recognition by hand. Perception & Psychophysics, 64(3), 339-352. (PDF, 333 KB)
Klatzky, R.L. & Lederman, S.J. (2002). Perceiving texture through a probe (chapter 10). In M.L. McLaughlin, J. Hespanha, & G. Sukhatme (Eds.), Touch in virtual environments (pp. 180-193) Upper Saddle River, NY: Prentice Hall PTR. (PDF, 713 KB)
Lederman, S.J., Klatzky, R.L. Hamilton, C. & Morgan, T. (2002). Integrating multimodal information about surface texture via a probe: Relative contributions of haptic and touch produced sound sources. 10th Annual meeting of Haptic Interfaces for Teleoperator and Virtual Environment Systems. Satellite meeting of the Annual IEEE VR '02 meeting. pp 97-104. (PDF, 3.15 MB)
Unger, B.J., Nicolaidis, A., Berkelman, P.J., Thompson, A., Lederman, S., Klatzky, R.L. & Hollis, R.L. (2002). Virtual peg-in-hole performance using a 6-dof magnetic levitation haptic device: comparison with real forces and with visual guidance alone. 10th Annual meeting of Haptic Interfaces for Teleoperator and Virtual Environment Systems. Satellite meeting of the Annual IEEE VR'02 meeting, 2002. pp. 263-270. (PDF, 3.89 MB)
Wagner, C.R., Lederman, S.J., & Howe, R.D. (2002). A tactile shape display using RC servomotors. 10th Annual meeting of Haptic Interfaces for Teleoperator and Virtual Environment Systems. Satellite meeting of the Annual IEEE VR'02 meeting, 2002.pp. 354-356. (PDF, 1.13 MB)
Lederman, S.J. & Klatzky, R.L. (2001). Feeling surfaces and objects remotely. In S.A. Simon & M.A.L. Nicolelis (Series Ed.) & R. Nelson (Volume Ed.). Methods & New Frontiers in Neuroscience. The Somatosensory System: Deciphering the Brain's Own Body Image, (pp. 103-120). Florida: CRC Press LLC. (PDF, 4.91 MB)
Servos, P, Lederman, S.J., Wilson, D & Gati, J. (2001). fMRI-derived cortical maps for haptic shape, roughness and hardness. Brain Research: Cognitive Brain Research. pp. 307-313. (PDF, 1 MB)
Flanagan, J.R. & Lederman, S.J. (2001). Neurobiology: Feeling bumps and holes. Nature, 412 , 389-391. (PDF, 408 KB)
Lederman, S.J., & Klatzky, R.L. (2001). Designing haptic and multimodal interfaces: A cognitive scientist's perspective. In G. Farber & J. Hoogen (Eds.). Proceedings of Collaborative Research Centre 453, Technical University of Munich, pgs 71-80. (PDF, 4.23 MB)
Lederman, S.J., Klatzky, R.L., Hamilton, C. & Grindley, M. (2000). Perceiving surface roughness through a probe: effects of applied force and probe diameter. Proceedings of the American Society for Mechanical Engineers, Dynamic Systems and Control Division, 69-2, 1065-1071. (PDF, 3.34 MB)
Klatzky, R.L. & Lederman, S.J. (2000). Modality specificity in cognition: The case of touch. In H.L. Roediger, J.S. Nairne, I. Neath, and A.M. Suprenant (Eds.). The Nature of Remembering: Essays in Honor of Robert G. Crowder. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association Press. (PDF, 3.49 MB)
Klatzky, R.L. & Lederman, S.J. (2000). L'identification haptique des objets significats. In Y. Hatwell and E. Gentaz (Eds.) Touching and knowing (Toucher pour connaitre). Presses Universitaires de France., Pgs. 109-128. (PDF, 5.52 MB)
Ellis, R.R. & Lederman,S.J. (2000). Anticipatory effects underlie the golf-ball illusion. Golf Research News, World Scientific Congress of Golf Trust, 1(3), 18-23. (PDF, 1.34 MB)
Lederman, S.J. (1999). The Sense of Touch in Humans: Implications for designing haptic interfaces for teleoperation and virtual environments . 9th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence. Tokyo, Japan, pp. 3-5. (PDF, 172 KB)
Ellis, R.R. & Lederman, S.J. (1999). The material-weight illusion revisited. Perception & Psychophysics, 61(8), 1564-1576. (PDF, 7.77 MB)
Klatzky, R.L., Lederman, S.J., Hamilton, C.L., & Ramsay, G.I. (1999). Perceiving roughness via a rigid probe: Effects of exploration speed. Proceedings of the International Mechanical Engineering Congress: Dynamic Systems and Control Division (Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environments and Teleoperator Systems), DSC-Vol 67, 27-33. (For comprehensive version, see Lederman et al., 1999, Haptics-e ). (PDF, 265 KB)
Lederman, S.J., Klatzky, R.L., Hamilton, C.L., & Ramsay, G.I. (1999). Perceiving roughness via a rigid probe: Psychophysical effects of exploration speed and mode of touch. Haptics-e The Electronic Journal of Haptic Research, 1(1) . Available at: http://www.haptics-e.org. (PDF, 265 KB)
Klatzky, R.L. & Lederman, S.J. (1999). Tactile roughness perception with a rigid link interposed between skin and surface. Perception & Psychophysics, 61(4), 591-607. (PDF, 7.67 MB)
Purdy, K.A., Lederman, S.J. & Klatzky, R.L. (1999). Manipulation with partial or no vision. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 25(3), 755-774. (PDF, 4.33 MB)
Klatzky, R.L. & Lederman, S.J. (1999). The haptic glance: A route to rapid object identification and manipulation. In D. Gopher & A. Koriats (Eds.) Attention and Performance XVII. Cognitive regulations of performance: Interaction of theory and application. (pp. 165-196). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. (PDF, 3.27 MB)
Lederman, S.J. & Klatzky, R.L. (1999). Sensing and displaying spatially distributed fingertip forces in haptic interfaces for teleoperator and virtual environment systems. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 8(1), 86-103. (PDF, 210 KB)
Ellis, R.R., Flanagan, R. & Lederman, S.J. (1999). The influence of visual illusions on grasp position. Experimental Brain Research, 125, 109-114. (PDF, 3.73 MB)
Lederman, S.J. & Klatzky, R.L. (1998). Feeling through a probe. Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress: Dynamic Systems and Control Division (Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environments and Teleoperator Systems), DSC-Vol. 64, 127-131. (For comprehensive version, see #118) (PDF, 1.95 MB)
Wing, A.M. & Lederman, S.J. (1998). Anticipating load torques produced by voluntary movements. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 24 (6), 1571-1581. (PDF, 1.33 MB)
Lederman, S.J. & Klatzky, R.L. (1998). The hand as a perceptual system. In K. Connolly (ed.) The psychobiology of the hand. (Chapter 2, pp. 16-35). London: MacKeith Press. (PDF, 5.78 MB)
Ellis, R.R. & Lederman, S.J. (1998). The "golf-ball" illusion: Evidence for top-down processing in weight perception. Perception, 27(2), 193-202. (PDF, 2.54 MB)
Lederman, S.J. & Verry, R. (1998). Don't take touch for granted: A conversation with Susan Lederman. Teaching of Psychology, 25(1), 64-67. (PDF, 2.02 MB)
Lederman, S.J. & Klatzky, R.L. (1997). Designing haptic interfaces for teleoperational and virtual environments: Should spatially distributed forces be displayed to the fingertip? Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress: Dynamic Systems and Control Division (Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environments and Teleoperator Systems), DSC-Vol. 61, 11-15. (For comprehensive version, see Lederman & Klatzky, 1999, Presence, 8(1), 86-103) (PDF, 2.43 MB)
Lederman, S.J., Klatzky, R.L. (1997). Relative availability of surface and object properties during early haptic processing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 23(6), 1-28. (PDF, 3.93 MB)
Lederman, S.J. (1997). Skin and Touch. Encyclopedia of human biology, Volume 8. (2nd edition, pp. 49-61). San Diego: Academic Press. (PDF, 4.50 MB)
Lederman, S.J. & Klatzky, R.L. (1997). Haptic aspects of motor control. In F. Boller & J. Grafman (Eds.) & M. Jeannerod (Section Ed.) Handbook of Neuropsychology: Volume 11. (Chapter 7, pp 131-148). Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. (PDF, 5.91 MB)
Lederman, S.J. & Howe, R. (1996). Haptic interfaces for virtual environment and teleoperator systems. Introduction to the Proceedings of the Symposium on Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress: Dynamic Systems and Control Division, DSC-Vol. 58. (PDF, 392 KB)
Lederman, S.J. (1996). An Introduction to Human Psychophysics. Invited contribution to Haptics Community Web Page site, an international online resource for researchers in the haptic display community officially prepared by Northwestern University, as requested by 1996 IMECE Haptics Symposium (2 pages).
Minsky, M. & Lederman, S.J. (1996). Simulated haptic textures: Roughness. In Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress: Dynamic Systems and Control Division, Vol. 2 (Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environments and Teleoperator Systems), DSC-Vol. 58, 421-426. (PDF, 2.56 MB)
Klatzky, R.L., Purdy, K.A., & Lederman, S.J. (1996). When is vision useful during a familiar manipulatory task? In Proceedings of the ASME Internation Mechanical Engineering Congress: Dynamic Systems and Control Division, Vol. 2 (Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environments and Teleoperator Systems), DSC-Vol. 58, 561-566. (For comprehensive version, see #117) (PDF, 2.81 MB)
Lederman, S.J., & Klatzky, R.L. (1996). Haptic object identification II. Purposive exploration. In O. Franzen (ed.) Somesthesis and the neurobiology of the somatosensory cortex. Basel, Switzerland: Birkhauser Verlag AB, 153-161. (PDF, 1.72 MB)
Klatzky, R.L., Lederman, S.J., & O'Neill, C. (1996). Haptic object processing I: Early perceptual features. In O. Franzen (ed.), Somesthesis and the neurobiology of the somatosensory cortex. Basel, Switzerland: Birkhauser Verlag AB, 147-152. (PDF, 1.18 MB)
Lederman, S., Summers, C., & Klatzky, R. (1996). Cognitive salience of haptic object properties: Role of modality-encoding bias. Perception, 25(8), 983-998. (PDF, 5.97 MB)
Lederman, S.J., & Klatzky, R.L. (1996). Action for perception: Manual exploratory movements for haptically processing objects and their features. In Wing, A., Haggard, P., & Flanagan, R. (Eds.), Hand and Brain: Neurophysiology and Psychology of Hand. (pp. 431-446). San Diego: Academic. (PDF, 3.61 MB)
Lederman, S.J., Ganeshan, S.R., & Ellis, R.E. (1996). "Effortful touch with minimum movement" revisited. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 22(4), 851-868. (PDF, 2.25 MB)
Lederman, S.J. & Klatzky,R.L. (1995). Processing haptic features from an initial brief contact. Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, Vol. 2 (Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environments and Teleoperator Systems), DSC-57-2, 675-680. (PDF, 2.14 MB)
Klatzky, R.L., & Lederman, S.J. (1995). Identifying objects from a haptic glance. Perception and Psychophysics, 57(8), 1111-1123. (PDF, 6.52 MB)
Lederman, S.J., & Klatzky, R.L. (1994). The intelligent hand: An experimental approach to human object recognition and implications for robotics and AI. AI Magazine, 15(1), 26-38. (PDF, 5.71 MB)
Lederman, S.J. (1994). The adaptive control of prehension. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 72(5), 506-510. (PDF, 3.38 MB)
Ganeshan, S., Ellis, R.E., & Lederman, S.J. (1994). Teleoperated sensing by grasping: Robot sensors and human psychophysics. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Experimental Robotics. (PDF, 3.83 MB)
Fikes, T.G., Klatzky, R.L., & Lederman, S.J. (1994). Effects of object texture of precontact movement time in human prehension. Journal of Motor Behavior, 26(4), 325-332. (PDF, 3.75 MB)
Ellis, R.E., Ganeshan, S.R., & Lederman, S.J. (1994). A tactile sensor based on thin-plate deformation. Robotica, 12, 343-351. (PDF, 4.58 MB)
Lederman, S.J., Klatzky, R.L., & Reed, C. (1993). Constraints on haptic integration of spatially shared object dimensions. Perception, 22, 723-743. (PDF, 8.37 MB)
Lederman, S.J., & Klatzky, R.L. (1993). Extracting object properties by haptic exploration. Acta Psychologica, 84, 29-40. (PDF, 2.71 MB)
Lederman, S.J., & Klatzky, R.L. (1993). An introduction to human haptic exploration and recognition of objects for neuroscience and AI. In P. Rudomin, M. Arbib, R. Cervantes-Perez (Eds.), Neuroscience: From neural networks to artificial intelligence (Research notes in neural computing, Vol. 4), (pp.171-188). Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. (PDF, 6.17MB)
Lederman, S.J. (1993). The intelligent hand: An experimental approach to human object recognition and implications for robotic design. 13th Annual Proceedings of the IJCAI(International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence), 1, (pp.774-785). Chambery, France (PDF, 6.17 MB)
Klatzky, R.L., Pellegrino, J., McCloskey, B.P., & Lederman, S.J. (1993). Cognitive representations of functional interactions with objects. Memory & Cognition, 21(3), 294-303. (PDF, 4.66 MB)
Klatzky, R.L., Loomis, J.M., Lederman, S.J., Wake, H., & Fujita, N. (1993). Haptic identification of objects and their depictions. Perception & Psychophysics, 54(2), 170-178. (PDF, 4.43 MB)
Klatzky, R.L., Lederman, S.J., & Matula, D. (1993). Haptic exploration in the presence of vision. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 19(4), 726-743. (PDF, 5.53 MB)
Klatzky, R.L., & Lederman, S.J. (1993). Toward a computational model of constraint-driven exploration and haptic object identification. Perception, 22, 597-621. (PDF, 8.66 MB)
Klatzky, R.L., & Lederman, S.J. (1993). Spatial and non spatial avenues to object recognition by the human haptic system. In N. Eilan, R. McCarthy, & B. Brewer (Eds.), Spatial representation: Problems in philosophy and psychology (pp. 191-205). Basil Blackwell: Cambridge, England. (PDF, 4.34 MB)
Ellis, R.R., & Lederman, S.J. (1993). The role of haptic vs. visual volume cues in the size-weight illusion. Perception & Psychophysics, 53(3), 315-324. (PDF, 4.49 MB)
Lederman, S.J., Klatzky, R.L., & Pawluk, D. (1992). Lessons from the study of biological touch for robotic haptic sensing. In H. R. Nicholls (Ed.), Advanced tactile sensing for robots. (World Scientific Series in Robotics and Automated Systems, Vol. 5). Chapter 9, pp. 193-219. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing. (PDF, 6.67 MB)
Lederman, S.J., & Pawluk, D. (1992). Lessons from the study of biological touch for robotic tactile sensing. In H. R. Nicholls (Ed.), Advanced tactile sensing for robots. (World Scientific Series in Robotics and Automated Systems, Vol. 5). Chapter 8, pp. 151-192. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing. (PDF, 4.30 MB)
Klatzky, R.L., & Lederman, S.J. (1992). Stages of manual exploration in haptic object identification. Perception & Psychophysics, 52(6), 661-670. (PDF, 4.38 MB)
Moore, T., Broekhoven, M., Lederman, S., & Ulug, S. (1991). Q'HAND: A fully automated apparatus for studying haptic processing of spatially distributed inputs. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments and Computers, 23(1), 27-35. (PDF, 4.86 MB)
Loomis, J.M., Klatzky, R.L., & Lederman, S.J. (1991). Similarity of tactual and visual picture recognition with limited field of view. Perception, 20, 167-177. (PDF, 4.82 MB)
Lederman, S.J., Klatzky, R.L., & Balakrishnan, J. (1991). Task-driven extraction of object contour by human haptics: Part 2. Robotica, 9, 179-188. (PDF, 5.65 MB)
Lederman, S.J. (1991). Skin and touch. Encyclopedia of human biology, Academic Press, Vol. 7, 51-63. (PDF, 5.35 MB)
Klatzky, R.L., Lederman, S.J., & Matula, D. (1991). Imagined haptic exploration in judgments of object properties. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 17(2), 314-322. (PDF, 4.63 MB)
Klatzky, R.L., Lederman, S.J., & Balakrishnan, J. (1991). Task-driven extraction of object contour by human haptics: Part I. Robotica, 9, 43-51. (PDF, 5.13 MB)
Klatzky, R.L., & Lederman, S.J. (1991). Toward a computational model of constraint-driven exploration and haptic object identification (Tech. Rep. RPL-TR-9104). Kingston, Ontario, Canada: Queen's University. (PDF, 8.65 MB)
Summers, C., & Lederman, S.J. (1990). Perceptual asymmetries in the somatosensory system: A dichhaptic experiment and critical review of the literature from 1929 to 1986. Cortex, 26(1), 201-226. (PDF, 8.23 MB)
Reed, C., Lederman, S.J., & Klatzky, R.L. (1990). Haptic integration of planar size with hardness, texture, and planar contour. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 44(4), 522-545. (PDF, 2.81 MB)
Lederman, S., Klatzky, R., Chataway, C., & Summers, C. (1990). Visual mediation and the haptic recognition of twodimensional pictures of common objects. Perception & Psychophysics, 47(1), 54-64. (PDF, 5.46 MB)
Lederman, S.J., & Klatzky, R.L. (1990) Haptic exploration and object representation. In M. Goodale (Ed.), Vision and action: The control of grasping, 98-109. New Jersey: Ablex. (PDF, 2.97 MB)
Lederman, S.J., & Klatzky, R.L. (1990). Haptic classification of common objects: Knowledge-driven exploration. Cognitive Psychology, 22, 421-459. (PDF, 3.96 MB)
Lederman, S.J., & Klatzky, R.L. (1990). Flexible exploration by human and robotic haptic systems. Proceedings of the 12th Annual International Conference of the IEEE/Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, 12(5), 1915-1916. (PDF, 1.36 MB)
Lederman, S.J. (1990). Review of D. Katz 'The World of Touch'. Perception, 19(4), 556-557. (PDF, 982 KB)
Klatzky, R.L., Lederman, S.J., Pellegrino, J., Doherty, S., & McCloskey, B. (1990) Procedures for haptic object exploration vs. manipulation. In M. Goodale (Ed.), Vision and action: The control of grasping. (pp. 110-127). New Jersey: Ablex. (PDF, 5.03 MB)
Klatzky, R.L., & Lederman, S.J. (1990). Intelligent exploration by the human hand. In S. Venkataraman & T. Iberall (Eds.), Dextrous hands for robots (pp. 66-81). New York: SpringerVerlag. (PDF, 4.25 MB)
Lambert, L., & Lederman, S. (1989). An evaluation of the legibility and meaningfulness of potential map symbols. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 83(8), 397-403. (PDF, 4.23 MB)
Klatzky, R.L., Lederman, S., & Reed, C. (1989). Haptic integration of object properties: Texture, hardness, and planar contour. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 15(1), 45-57. (PDF, 1.31 MB)
Balakrishnan, G., Klatzky, R., Loomis, J., & Lederman, S.J. (1989). Length distortion of temporally extended visual displays: Similarity to haptic spatial perception. Perception & Psychophysics, 46(4), 387-394. (PDF, 3.88 MB)
Bajcsy, R., Lederman, S., & Klatzky, R. (1989). Machine systems for exploration and manipulation: A conceptual framework and method of evaluation. University of Pennsylvania Dept. of Computing Science Technical Report MSCIS8903, GRASP LAB 172, 26 pgs.
Lederman, S.J., Browse, R., & Klatzky, R.L. (1988). Haptic processing of spatially distributed information. Perception & Psychophysics, 44(3), 222-232. (PDF, 6.02 MB)
Lederman, S.J., & Browse, R.A. (1988). The physiology and psychophysics of touch. In P. Dario (Ed.), Sensors and sensory systems for advanced robots. (pp. 71-91). NATO ASI Series F: Computer and Systems Science, SpringerVerlag: Berlin.) (PDF, 4.49 MB)
Klatzky, R.L., Lederman, S.J., Bajcsy, R., Stansfield, S., Ulrich, N., & Paul, R.L. (1988). Haptic exploration in humans and machines: attribute integration and machine recognition/implementation. Office of Naval Research Technical Report #8801, 54 pgs.
Barber, P., & Lederman S.J. (1988). Encoding direction in manipulatory space and the role of visual experience. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 82(3), 99-106. (PDF, 2.07 MB)
Lederman, S.J., & von Grunau, M. (1987). A Computerized Perception Labs and Demonstrations package. Copyright: 1985. Description in Vision Research 2, no. 7, pp II. (PDF, 1.58 MB)
Lederman, S.J., Klatzky, R.L., Collins, A., & Wardell, J. (1987). Exploring environments by hand or foot: Time-based heuristics for encoding distance in movement space. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 13(4), 606-614. (PDF, 9.31 MB)
Lederman, S.J. , Klatzky, R.L., & Bajcsy, R. (1987). Haptic exploration in humans and machines: An initial overview. Office of Naval Research Technical Report #8701, 51 pgs.
Lederman, S.J., & Klatzky, R.L. (1987). Hand movements: A window into haptic object recognition. Cognitive Psychology, 19(3), 342-368. (PDF, 3.34 MB)
Klatzky, R., Lederman, S.J., & Reed, C. (1987). There's more to touch than meets the eye: The salience of object attributes for haptics with and without vision. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 116(4), 356-369. (PDF, 7.1 MB)
Klatzky, R.L., Lederman, S.J., & Reed, C. (1987). There's more to touch than meets the eye: The relative salience of object dimensions for touch with and without vision. Cognitive Sciences Technical Report #8714.
Klatzky, R., & Lederman, S.J. (1987). The representation of objects in memory: Contrasting perspectives from vision and touch. In M. Gruneberg, P. Morris, & R. Sykes (Eds.), Practical aspects of memory, Vol. 2 (pp. 426-433). Chichester, G.B.: Wiley. (PDF, 2.88 MB)
Klatzky, R.L., & Lederman, S.J. (1987). The intelligent hand. In G. Bower (Ed.), Psychology of learning and motivation: Advances in research and theory. (Vol. 21, pp.121-151). New York: Academic Press. (PDF, 8.85 MB)
Bajcsy, R., Lederman, S.J., & Klatzky, R.L. (1987). Object exploration in one and two fingered robots. Proceedings of the 1987 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, 3, 1806-1810. New York: Computer Society Press. (PDF, 2.31 MB)
Loomis, J.M., & Lederman, S.J. (1986). Tactual perception. In K. Boff, L. Kaufman, & J. Thomas (Eds.), Handbook of perception and human performance. (pp. 31-1 - 31-41). New York: Wiley. (PDF, 8.36 MB)
Lederman, S.J., Thorne, G., & Jones, B. (1986). Perception of texture by vision and touch: Multidimensionality and intersensory integration. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 12(2), 169-180. (PDF, 3.20 MB)
Lederman, S.J., & Klatzky, R.L. (1986). Hand movements: A window into haptic object recognition. Cognitive Science Technical Report # 8606, University of California at Santa Barbara.
Klatzky, R.L., Lederman, S.J., Roan, R., & Andre, K. (1986). HAND (Haptic Apprehension and Naming Device). Cognitive Science Technical Report 8601, University of California at Santa Barbara.
Lederman, S.J., Klatzky, R.L., & Barber, P.O. (1985). Spatial and movement-based heuristics: A reply to S. Millar. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 114(2), 267-268. (PDF, 520 KB)
Lederman, S.J., Klatzky, R.L., & Barber, P.O. (1985). Spatial and movement-based heuristics for encoding pattern information through touch. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 114, 33-49. (PDF, 7.29 MB)
Lederman, S.J. (1985). Tactual roughness perception in human: A psychophysical assessment of the role of vibration. In I. Darian Smith & A. Goodwin (Eds.), Hand function and the neocortex. SpringerVerlag. (PDF, 2.66 MB)
Klatzky, R.L., Lederman, S.J., & Metzger, V. (1985). Identifying objects by touch: An "expert system". Perception & Psychophysics, 37(4), 299-302. (PDF, 2.02 MB)
Browse, R.A., & Lederman, S.J. (1985). Feature based robotic tactile perception. Proceedings of Compint85, IEEE Conference on Computer Aided Technologies, 455-458. (PDF, 4.18 MB)
Browse, R., & Lederman, S.J. (1985). A framework for robotic perception. Technical Report 85165, Dept. of Computing & Information Science, Queen's University, 19 pgs.
Lederman, S.J., & Klatzky, R.L. (1984). Haptic perception/identification of 2 and 3dimensional patterns: Research and application. Braille Research Newsletter, 15, 20.
Addendum A: Loomis, J. M. & Lederman, S.J. (1984). What utility is there in distinguishing between active and passive touch? Paper presented at the Psychonomic Society meeting, San Antonio, Texas, November 1984.
Lederman, S.J., Jones, B., & Segalowitz, S.J. (1984). Lateral symmetry in the tactual perception of roughness. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 38(4), 599-609. (PDF, 2.98 MB)
Lederman, S.J. (1984). Book review of I. Rock's The logic of perception. Queen's Quarterly, 91(3), 742-745. (PDF, 1.58 MB)
Marchetti, F.M., & Lederman, S.J. (1983). The haptic radial-tangential effect: Two tests of Wong's (1977) "moments-of-inertia" hypothesis. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 21(1), 43-46. (PDF, 2.82 MB)
Lederman, S. J., & Campbell, J. I. (1983). Tangible line graphs: An evaluation and some systematic strategies for exploration. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 77(3), 108-112. (PDF, 2.87 MB)
Lederman, S.J. (1983). Tactual roughness perception: Spatial and temporal determinants. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 37, 498-511. (PDF, 3.52 MB)
Lederman, S.J. (1983). Psychophysical research on standard English braille and expanded braille code: A review and research proposal. Report commissioned by the Ad Hoc Research Committee of the Braille Authority of North America. (PDF, 3.23 MB)
Lederman, S.J., Loomis, J.M., & Williams, D. (1982). The role of vibration in the tactual perception of roughness. Perception & Psychophysics, 32(2), 109-116. (PDF, 3.61 MB)
Lederman, S.J., & Campbell, J.I. (1982). Tangible graphs for the blind. Human Factors, 24(1), 85-100. (PDF, 4.97 MB)
Lederman, S.J. (1982). Tactual graphics. Braille Research Newsletter, 13, 1821.
Lederman, S.J. (1982). The perception of texture by touch. In W. Schiff & E. Foulke (Eds.), Tactual perception: A sourcebook. New York: Cambridge University Press. (PDF, 4.24 MB)
Lederman, S.J., & Nichols, B. (1981). Flicker and motion in film. In Nichols, W. Ideology and image. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. (PDF, 6.99 MB)
Lederman, S.J., & Abbott, S.G. (1981). Texture perception: Studies of intersensory organization using a discrepancy paradigm and visual versus tactual psychophysics. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, 7(4), 902-915. (PDF, 6.21 MB)
Lederman, S.J. (1981). The perception of surface roughness by active and passive touch. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 18(5), 253-255. (PDF, 1.39 MB)
Segalowitz, S., Bebout, L., & Lederman, S.J. (1979). Lateralization for reading musical chords: Disentangling symbolic, analytic, and phonological aspects of reading. Brain & Language, 8, 315-323. (PDF, 20.6 MB)
Nichols, B., & Lederman, S.J. (1979). Flicker and motion in film. In Heath, S., & deLauretis, T. The cinematic apparatus. New York: Macmillan.
Lederman, S.J., & Kinch, D. (1979). Texture in tactual maps and graphics for the visually handicapped. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 73(6), 217-227. (PDF, 6.58 MB)
Lederman, S.J. (1979). Tactual mapping from a psychologist's perspective. Bulletin of the Association of Canadian Map Libraries, 32, 21-25.
Lederman, S.J. (1979). Auditory texture perception. Perception, 8, 93-103. (PDF, 4.33 MB)
Green, B.G., Lederman, S.J., & Stevens, J.C. (1979). The effect of skin temperature on the perception of roughness. Sensory Processes, 3, 327-333 (published in 1981) (PDF, 1.87 MB)
Lederman, S.J. (1978). "Improving one's touch"... and more. Perception & Psychophysics, 24(2), 154-160. (PDF, 1.64 MB)
Lederman, S.J. (1978). Heightening tactile impressions of surface texture. In G. Gordon (Ed.) Active touch: the mechanism of recognition of objects by manipulation. An interdisciplinary approach. Oxford: Pergamon. (PDF, 2.31 MB)
Lederman, S.J. (1977). Touch: A computerized bibliography. Perceptual & Motor Skills, 45, 287-291. (PDF, 859 KB)
Lederman, S.J. (1976). The 'callusthenics' of touching. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 30(2), 82-89. (PDF, 2.87 MB)
Taylor, M.M., & Lederman, S.J. (1975). Tactile roughness of grooved surfaces: A model and the effect of friction. Perception & Psychophysics, 17(1), 23-36. (PDF, 2.99 MB)
Lederman, S.J. (1975). Early perceptual development in humans and animals: A bibliography of English language papers, l967-l974. Perceptual & Motor Skills, 41, 875-894. (PDF, 8.83 MB)
Lederman, S.J. (1974). Tactile roughness of grooved surfaces: The touching process and effects of macro and microsurface structure. Perception & Psychophysics, 16(2), 385-395. (PDF, 6.13 MB)
Taylor, M.M., Lederman, S.J., & Gibson, R.H. (1973). Tactual perception of texture. In Carterette, E., & Friedman, M. (Eds.), Handbook of perception Vol. III. New York: Academic Press. (PDF, 7.03 MB)
Lederman, S.J., & Taylor, M.M. (1972). Fingertip force, surface geometry and the perception of roughness by active touch. Perception & Psychophysics, 12(5), 401-408. (PDF, 5.20 MB)
Lederman, S.J., & Taylor, M.M. (1969). Perception of interpolated position and orientation by vision and active touch. Perception & Psychophysics, 6(3), 153-159. (PDF, 3.57 MB)
Clarke, D.P.J., & Lederman, S.J. (1967). The acoustic properties of headgear: XXVI. Technical Memorandum #678, Defence & Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine.
Clarke, D.P.J., & Lederman, S.J. (1967). The acoustic properties of headgear: XXV. Technical Memorandum #677, Defence & Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine, Toronto.