How objects are grasped: the interplay between affordances and end-goals.

BACKGROUND: Substantial literature has demonstrated that how the hand approaches an object depends on the manipulative action that will follow object contact. Little is known about how the placement of individual fingers on objects is affected by the end-goal of the action. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FIN...

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Main Authors: Luisa Sartori, Elisa Straulino, Umberto Castiello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3182194?pdf=render