Dennis R. Proffitt

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Embodied Perception and the Economy of Action (2006) (665)
Visual-motor recalibration in geographical slant perception. (1999) (615)
The Role of Effort in Perceiving Distance (2003) (547)
Perceiving geographical slant (1995) (451)
Quantifying immersion in virtual reality (1997) (406)
Tool use affects perceived distance, but only when you intend to use it. (2005) (393)
Perceiving Distance: A Role of Effort and Intent (2004) (299)
A biomechanical invariant for gait perception. (1978) (284)
Action-specific influences on distance perception: a role for motor simulation. (2008) (268)
Grasping objects by their handles: a necessary interaction between cognition and action. (2001) (268)
Infant sensitivity to figural coherence in biomechanical motions. (1984) (245)
Usability analysis of 3D rotation techniques (1997) (242)
Two-handed virtual manipulation (1998) (234)
Defining the cortical visual systems: "what", "where", and "how". (2001) (225)
Social Support and the Perception of Geographical Slant. (2008) (208)
Updating displays after imagined object and viewer rotations. (2000) (199)
Influence of animation on dynamical judgments. (1992) (185)
Understanding natural dynamics. (1989) (176)
Direct Evidence for the Economy of Action: Glucose and the Perception of Geographical Slant (2010) (176)
See the Ball, Hit the Ball (2005) (164)
Putting to a bigger hole: Golf performance relates to perceived size (2008) (161)
Skating down a Steeper Slope: Fear Influences the Perception of Geographical Slant (2008) (158)
Cooperative bimanual action (1997) (157)
The Perception of Walking Speed in a Virtual Environment (2005) (155)
Perception of biomechanical motions by infants: implementation of various processing constraints. (1987) (149)
The minimum principle and the perception of absolute, common, and relative motions (1982) (143)
Gait Perception as an Example of How We May Perceive Events (1981) (142)
The roles of altitude and fear in the perception of height. (2009) (142)
A new mode of fear expression: perceptual bias in height fear. (2008) (137)
The effects of handedness and reachability on perceived distance. (2009) (126)
Understanding collision dynamics. (1989) (125)
The development of infant sensitivity to biomechanical motions. (1985) (124)
Judgments of natural and anomalous trajectories in the presence and absence of motion. (1985) (124)
Two memories for geographical slant: Separation and interdependence of action and awareness (1998) (124)
Development of Intuitive Theories of Motion: Curvilinear Motion in the Absence of External Forces. (1986) (111)
Distance Perception (2006) (109)
An effect of mood on the perception of geographical slant (2011) (108)
Taking a hands-on approach: apparent grasping ability scales the perception of object size. (2011) (104)
Seeing Mountains in Mole Hills: Geographical-Slant Perception (2001) (94)
Comparing depth from motion with depth from binocular disparity. (1995) (92)
The influence of spatial reference frames on imagined object- and viewer rotations. (1999) (89)
The Infocockpit: providing location and place to aid human memory (2001) (84)
An fMRI study of imagined self-rotation (2001) (82)
Distances appear different on hills (2005) (82)
Perceptual Organization Evokes Simultaneous Lightness Contrast (1993) (81)
Spatial updating of virtual displays (2004) (81)
Understanding wheel dynamics (1990) (81)
The Price of Expertise: Effects of Experience on the Water-Level Task (1995) (80)
Visual learning in the perception of texture: simple and contingent aftereffects of texture density. (1996) (80)
Perception-Action Dissociations of a Walkable Müller-Lyer Configuration (2000) (77)
Look before You Leap: Jumping Ability Affects Distance Perception (2009) (76)
Attention and visual feedback: the bimanual frame of reference (1997) (75)
Infants' encoding of kinetic displays varying in relative coherence. (1987) (74)
When and how are spatial perceptions scaled? (2010) (74)
The long road of pain: chronic pain increases perceived distance (2008) (74)
Kinesthetic cues aid spatial memory (2002) (70)
Semantic versus perceptual influences of color in object recognition. (1996) (70)
Get Me Out of This Slump! Visual Illusions Improve Sports Performance (2012) (67)
Heuristic judgment of mass ratio in two-body collisions (1994) (67)
Efferent factors in natural event perception can be rationalized and verified: a reply to Turvey and Solomon. (1984) (65)
Asymmetrical Body Perception (2009) (65)
Eye height scaling of absolute size in immersive and nonimmersive displays. (2000) (65)
Seeing beyond the Target: Environmental Context Affects Distance Perception (2007) (65)
Illusory Shrinkage and Growth (2010) (64)
Spatial updating of virtual displays during self- and display rotation. (2004) (63)
Seeing Big Things: Overestimation of Heights is Greater for Real Objects Than for Objects in Pictures (1999) (62)
An Embodied Approach to Perception (2013) (61)
Depth perception in motion parallax and stereokinesis. (1993) (61)
Apparent Ball Size Is Correlated With Batting Average (2009) (60)
The perceptual homunculus: the perception of the relative proportions of the human body. (2015) (60)
Imagining physically impossible self-rotations: geometry is more important than gravity (2001) (60)
Comparing Decision-Making and Control for Learning a Virtual Environment: Backseat Drivers Learn Where They are Going (2008) (57)
Affordances matter in geographical slant perception (2009) (57)
Understanding the surface orientation of liquids (1991) (56)
The development of sensitivity to causally relevant dynamic information. (1984) (56)
Imagery and fear influence height perception. (2009) (53)
The role of occlusion in reducing multistability in moving point-light displays (1984) (52)
Perceived Slant: A Dissociation between Perception and Action (2007) (51)
Relative size perception at a distance is best at eye level (1997) (49)
Scared stiff: The influence of anxiety on the perception of action capabilities (2012) (49)
Perception of wheel-generated motions. (1979) (47)
A Perceptual–Motor Deficit Predicts Social and Communicative Impairments in Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders (2012) (42)
Comparing viewer and array mental rotations in different planes (2001) (39)
Misperceptions of angular velocities influence the perception of rigidity in the kinetic depth effect. (1997) (37)
The roles of altitude and fear in the perception of height (2010) (37)
Depth Perception and the Perception of Events (2003) (37)
Designed Natural Spaces: Informal Gardens Are Perceived to Be More Restorative than Formal Gardens (2016) (36)
Large displays enhance spatial knowledge of a virtual environment (2006) (32)
Induced esophoric shifts in eye convergence and illusory distance in reduced and structured viewing conditions. (1983) (32)
Stereokinetic effect and its relation to the kinetic depth effect. (1992) (29)
Mapping the Zone of Eye-Height Utility for Seated and Standing Observers (2000) (29)
The roles of contour and luminance distribution in determining perceived centers within shapes (1983) (26)
Walkable distances are bioenergetically scaled. (2016) (25)
Body-Based Perceptual Rescaling Revealed through the Size — Weight Illusion (2011) (22)
The use of computer graphics animation in motion perception research (1986) (21)
Reply to Hutchison and Loomis (2006) (21)
Stereokinetic effect and its relation to the kinetic depth effect (1992) (20)
The props-based interface for neurosurgical visualization. (1997) (19)
Within striking distance: Task efficacy influences perceived size and distance (2010) (18)
Perceiving environmental properties from motion information: minimal conditions (1991) (18)
The role of symmetry in determining perceived centers within shapes (1992) (18)
Evidence for Hand-Size Constancy (2014) (17)
The economy of social resources and its influence on spatial perceptions (2013) (17)
CREATING EFFECTIVE VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS: HUMAN FACTORS ISSUES (1998) (17)
Direct Physiological Evidence for an Economy of Action: Bioenergetics and the Perception of Spatial Layout (2010) (16)
A psychometric approach to intuitive physics (2005) (16)
Beyond nature: The roles of visual appeal and individual differences in perceived restorative potential (2019) (15)
Asymmetrical Body Perception: A Possible Role for Neural Body Representations (2020) (14)
Explicit and motoric dependent measures of geographical slant are dissociable: a reassessment of the findings of Durgin, Hajnal, Li, Tonge, and Stigliani (2010). (2011) (14)
Multisensory integration induces body ownership of a handtool, but not any handtool (2017) (13)
Overestimation of Heights in Virtual Reality is Influenced more by Perceived Distal Size than by the 2-D versus 3-D Dimensionality of the Display (2002) (13)
The priority of perceived distance for perceiving motion has not been demonstrated: Critical comments on Gogel’s “The sensing of retinal motion” (1981) (13)
Tool Embodiment: The Tool’s Output Must Match the User’s Input (2019) (12)
Hierarchical motion organization in random dot configurations. (2000) (12)
Choosing efficient actions: Deciding where to walk (2019) (12)
Recovering Connectivity from Moving Point-Light Displays (1988) (11)
Augmenting Context-Dependent Memory (2007) (11)
Can I reach that? Blind reaching as an accurate measure of estimated reachable distance (2018) (11)
Optic flow is calibrated to walking effort (2016) (11)
Using the Stereokinetic Effect to Convey Depth: Computationally Efficient Depth-from-Motion Displays (1992) (10)
Hierarchical Motion Organization in Random-Dot Configurations (1996) (9)
An effect of mood on perceiving spatial layout (2010) (9)
Exploring Calibration Techniques for Functional Near-Infrared Imaging (fNIR) Controlled Brain-Computer Interfaces (2007) (9)
Apparent extended body motions in depth. (1991) (9)
The myth of pure perception (2016) (9)
Perceptual response to visual noise and display media (1993) (8)
Quantifying usability in secure graphics: assessing the user costs of protecting 3D content (2008) (8)
Geographical slant perception: Dissociation and coordination between explicit awareness and visually guided actions (2000) (8)
Memory for target height is scaled to observer height (2012) (8)
Frames of reference and distinctive figural characteristics affect shape perception. (1993) (8)
A Hierarchical Approach to Perception (1993) (8)
Perceptual Issues In Scientific Visualization (1989) (7)
Judgments of others’ heights are biased toward the height of the perceiver (2015) (7)
Engaging, Non-Invasive Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) for Improving Training Effectiveness & Enabling Creative Expression (2008) (7)
Implicit Associations Have a Circadian Rhythm (2014) (7)
Infants' perception of kinetic depth and stereokinetic displays. (1994) (7)
Expertise in Tool Use Promotes Tool Embodiment (2021) (6)
A Final Reply to Hutchison and Loomis (2006) (6)
Treadmill experience mediates the perceptual-motor aftereffect of treadmill walking (2012) (6)
Making the Visual Tangible: Substituting Lifting Speed Limits for Object Weight in VR (2018) (6)
Invasion of personal space influences perception of spatial layout (2010) (5)
Skating down a steeper slope: The effect of fear on geographical slant perception (2010) (5)
Rotational and translational components of motion parallax: observers' sensitivity and implications for three-dimensional computer graphics. (1995) (5)
Perspective-taking changes perceived spatial layout (2010) (5)
Background Perceived depth is enhanced with parallax scanning (5)
Golf performance makes the hole look as big as a bucket or as small as a dime (2010) (5)
Chapter 7 – The Internalization of Perceptual Processing Constraints (1998) (4)
Human Factors in Virtual Reality Development (1995) (4)
User sensitivity to speed- and height-mismatch in VR (2016) (4)
Seeing beyond the target: An effect of environmental context on distance perception (2010) (4)
A SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO PERCEPTION (2014) (4)
Perceptual adaptation in the use of night vision goggles (1992) (4)
chapter 7 – Perceiving Events (1995) (4)
Standardizing distances of observations within shapes (1982) (4)
Egocentric Measures of Spatial Updating: Is There an Advantage for Action? (2000) (3)
Infants' encoding of kinetic displays varying in figural coherence (1984) (3)
A revolving X-Y plotter for studying the perception of rotational motions (1980) (3)
Alice DIVER: A Software Architecture for the Rapid Prototyping of Virtual Environments (1994) (3)
Seeing beyond the Obvious: Understanding Perception in Everyday and Novel Environments (1991) (3)
3-D graphics animation program for the Apple II (1985) (3)
Human-display interactions: Context-specific biases (1987) (3)
Geographical Slant Perception (2000) (3)
Kinematic and kinetic appreciations of angular systems (1987) (2)
Are your there? Presence in virtual reality (panel): what is it about and why care? (1998) (2)
Providing Distinctive Cues to Augment Human Memory (2019) (2)
Infants' Perception of Kinetic Depth and Stereokinetic Displays (1994) (2)
Lightness contrast and lightness assimilation are produced at different stages of perceptual processing (1992) (2)
The effect of intention and bodily capabilities on the perception of size (2010) (2)
Decisions at a glance: The relative cost of multiple possible actions is represented in conscious perception of spatial layout (2011) (1)
Human motion perception: Higher-order organization (1990) (1)
EXTERNAL VIEWING OF VEHICLE CONTENTS UNDER VARYING WINDOW TINTING AND ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS. FINAL REPORT (1995) (1)
What cues do billiard experts use ? Conceptual and perceptual judgments of spin (1999) (1)
Perceiving the slope of natural terrains (1992) (1)
Perception Viewed as a Phenotypic Expression 1 Perception Viewed as a Phenotypic Expression (2011) (1)
Effects of effort and reduced visual cue information on percieved walking speed (2005) (1)
3. Separate memories for visual guidance and explicit awareness: The roles of time and place (1999) (1)
Perceived distance influences simulated walking time (2010) (1)
The extraction of structure from motion: Implementation of basic processing constraints (1986) (1)
The Role of Visual Foot Size in Perceiving Object Size from Texture Gradient (2012) (1)
Effects of effort and intention on perception: The locus of the effect (2010) (1)
Effort affects perceived distance to objects within reach (2010) (1)
The Moon Illusion. Maurice Hershenson, Ed. Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ, 1989. xvi, 421 pp., illus. $69.95. (1990) (1)
Bigger is better: Large visual displays improve spatial knowledge of a virtual environment (2010) (1)
An influence of “warming up” on distance perception (2010) (1)
Ease to grasp an object affects perceived distance (2010) (1)
Oral Exposure to Glucose Affects Perception of Spatial Layout (2016) (1)
Action Is Independent of Handedness Hemispheric Specialization for the Visual Control of (2006) (0)
EFFECT OF REDUCED TRANSMITTANCE WINDOW TINTING ON DRIVERS' ABILITY TO DETECT TARGETS IN THEIR REAR-VIEW MIRRORS (1996) (0)
Overcoming Scale : The Worlds in Miniature Metaphor (2011) (0)
Observer properties for understanding dynamical displays: Capacities, limitations, and defaults (1991) (0)
OBSERVATIONS Understanding Natural Dynamics (2004) (0)
Converging approaches in motion perception (1984) (0)
The role of effort and intention in distance perception (2010) (0)
Visual Noise and Display Media (1993) (0)
Computer Animation In Perception Research (1990) (0)
Perceptual Constraints on Understanding Physical Dynamics (1989) (0)
Applications of computer-graphics animation for motion-perception research (1986) (0)
The Implicit Horizon Line as Information About Relative Size (2019) (0)
The Effect of reduced transmittance window tinting on drivers' ability to detect targets in their rear-view mirrors : final report. (1996) (0)
Kinesthesis Cues Aids Spatial Memory (2016) (0)
Optic flow is calibrated to walking effort (2016) (0)
Obituary Randy Pausch (19602008) (2009) (0)
Academic Descriptors and Object Perception (2017) (0)
Spatial Perception in Immersive Virtual Environments: New Theories and Current Controversies (2007) (0)
Functional Brain Imaging for Analysis of Reading Effort for Computer-Generated Text (2007) (0)
A Visuomotor Aftereffect Requires Effort To Self Locomote Paired With A Mismatch of Optic Flow (2010) (0)
Tub toys and computers: A review of Odd Perceptions (1990) (0)
The role of decision-making in learning spatial layout: A real-world application (2011) (0)
Seeing into the Future: An interaction between perception and action (2010) (0)
Hemispheric differences in the perception of hills (2007) (0)
A Psychometric Approach 1 Running head: R322-B A PSYCHOMETRIC APPROACH TO INTUITIVE PHYSICS A Psychometric Approach to Intuitive Physics (2004) (0)
Judgments of others’ heights are biased toward the height of the perceiver (2014) (0)
Rotational and Translational Components of Motion Parallax: Observers' Sensitivity and Implications for Three-Dimensional Computer Graphics 5 (0)
Feeling, Seeing, and Liking: How Bodily Resources Inform Perception and Emotion (2021) (0)
Contextual specificity in perception and action (1991) (0)
Multisensory Integration Induces Body Ownership of an External Tool (2015) (0)
SESSION IV COMPUTER RESEARCH TOOLS (1985) (0)
A Narrow View of Sensation and Perception. (1983) (0)
Treadmill experience mediates the perceptual-motor aftereffect of treadmill walking (2011) (0)
Separating the two main components of active navigation for learning a virtual environment: Decision-making and control (2010) (0)
The effect of biking effort on perceived distance and slant (2010) (0)
Art and Aging: Digital Projects for Individuals With Dementia (2014) (0)
Memory for others' height is scaled to eye height (2010) (0)
Rubberneck Navigation: Manipulating Frames of Reference for 3D Navigation with 2D Input Devices (2016) (0)
Human Factors In The Design Of Video Displays (1990) (0)
Physiologic System Interfaces Using fNIR with Tactile Feedback for Improving Operator Effectiveness (2007) (0)
Playing air guitar eliminates effect of ability on perceived distance (2010) (0)
Revisiting Haptic Issues for Virtual Manipulation (2016) (0)
Memory for target height is scaled to observer height (2011) (0)
Contrasting Gestalt and Information Processing Approaches to Perception. (1983) (0)
Neurolinguistics: Different Perspectives on Brain and Language. (1978) (0)
Creative Expression Engaging, Non-Invasive Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) for Improving Training Effectiveness & Enabling (2013) (0)
Perceiving Slant 3 Perceived Slant : A Dissociation between Perception and Action (2006) (0)
Motor representations involved in perceiving tools and graspable non-tools: an fMRI study (2000) (0)

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