Research publications

Prof. Roberta L. Klatzky

Lederman, S.J., Kilgour, A., Kitada, R., Klatzky, R.L. & Hamilton, C.  (2007)  Haptic face processing.  Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 61, 230-241.

Marston, J.R., Loomis, J.M., Klatzky, R.L. & Golledge, R.G. (2007) Nonvisual route following with guidance from a simple haptic or auditory display.  Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, April, 203-211.

Marston, J.R., Loomis, J.M., Klatzky, R.L., Golledge, R.G. & Smith, E.L. (2006)  Evaluation of spatial displays for navigation without sight. ACM Transactions on Applied Perception, 3, 110-124.

Klatzky, R.L., Marston, J.R., Giudice, N.A., Golledge, R.G. & Loomis, J.M. (2006) Cognitive Load of Navigating without Vision when Guided by Virtual Sound versus Spatial Language.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 12, 223-233.

Chang, W., Amesur, N., Klatzky, R., Zajko, A., & Stetten, G.  (2006)  Vascular Access: Comparison of US Guidance with the Sonic Flashlight and Conventional US in Phantoms.  Radiology, 241, 771-779.

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, 158-164.

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.   

Matsuoka, Y., Brewer, B.R. & Klatzky. R. (2007)  Using visual feedback distortion to alter coordinated pinching patterns for robotic rehabilitation. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 4, 17. 

Loomis, J.M., Golledge, R.G., Klatzky, R.L. & Marston, J.R. (2006) Assisting wayfinding in visually impaired travelers.  In G. Allen (Ed.), Applied spatial cognition:  From research to cognitive technology.  Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Loomis, J.M., Klatzky, R., Avraamides, M., Lippa Y. & Golledge, R.  (2007)  Functional equivalence of spatial images produced by perception and  spatial language (pp. 29-48).  In F. Mast & L. Jäncke (Eds), Spatial processing in navigation, imagery, and perception,  New York: Springer.

Brewer, B.R., Klatzky, R.,& Matsuoka, Y. (2006)  Visual-feedback distortion in a robotic rehabilitation environment, Proceedings of the IEEE, 94, 1739-1751.

Klatzky, R.L. & Lederman, S. (2006)  The perceived roughness of resistive virtual textures: I.  Rendering  by a force-feedback mouse.  ACM Transactions on Applied Perception, 3, 1-14.

Lederman, S.J., Klatzky, R.L., Tong, C. & Hamilton, C.L.  (2006)  The perceived roughness of resistive virtual textures: II.  Effects of varying viscosity with a force-feedback device.  ACM Transactions on Applied Perception, 3, 15-30.

Wu, B., Klatzky, R.L., Shelton, D. & Stetten, G. (2005) Psychophysical evaluation of in-situ ultrasound visualization.  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Special Issue:  Haptics, Virtual and Augmented Reality), 11, 684-699.

Klatzky, R.L., Lederman, S.J. & Mankinen, J.M. (2005)  Visual and haptic exploratory procedures in children's judgments about tool function.  Infant Behavior and Development, 28, 240-249.

Reed, C.L., Klatzky, R.L. & Halgren, E.  (2005)  What versus where in touch: An fMRI study.  NeuroImage, 25, 718-726.

Loomis, J.M., Marston, J.R., Golledge, R.G. & Klatzky, R.L. (2005) Personal guidance system for people with visual impairment: A comparison of spatial displays for route guidance. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 99, 219-232.

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, 235-246.

Brewer, B.R., Fagan, M., Klatzky, R. & Matsuoka, Y. (2005) Perceptual limits for a robotic rehabilitation environment using visual feedback distortion.  IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering, 13, 1-11.

Avraamides, M., Loomis, J. Klatzky, R.L. & Golledge, R.G. (2004) Functional equivalence of spatial representations derived from vision and language:  Evidence from allocentric judgments.  Journal of Experimental Psychology:  Human Learning, Memory & Cognition, 30, 801-814.

Lederman, S.J. & Klatzky, R.L. (2004)  Haptic identification of common objects: Effects of constraining the manual exploration process.  Perception & Psychophysics, 66, 618-628.

Avraamides, M., Klatzky, R.L., Loomis, J.M. & Golledge, R.G. (2004)  Use of cognitive vs. perceptual heading during imagined locomotion depends on the response mode.  Psychological Science, 15, 403-408.

Golledge, R.G., Marston, J., Loomis, J. & Klatzky, R.L. (2004)  Stated preferences for components of a personal guidance system for non-visual navigation. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 98, 135-147.

Klatzky, R.L. & Lederman, S.J. (2003)  Representing spatial location and layout from sparse kinesthetic contacts. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 29, 310-325.

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, 613-631.

Klatzky, R.L., Lippa, Y., Loomis, J.M. & Golledge, R.G. (2003) Encoding, learning and spatial updating of multiple object locations specified by 3-D sound, spatial language and vision.  Experimental Brain Research, 149, 48-61.

Murray, A., Klatzky, R.L. & Khosla, P. (2003) Psychophysical characterization and testbed validation of a wearable vibrotactile glove for telemanipulation.  PRESENCE: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 12, 156-182.

Buxbaum, L.J, Sirigu, A., Schwartz, M.F. & Klatzky, R. (2003) Cognitive representations of hand posture in ideomotor apraxia. Neuropsychologia, 41, 1091-1113. 

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, 228-235.

Klatzky, R.L., Lippa, Y., Loomis, J.M. & Golledge, R.G. (2002)  Learning directions of objects specified by vision, spatial audition, or auditory spatial language.  Learning & Memory, 9, 364-367.

Loomis, J.M., Lippa, Y., Klatzky, R.L. & Golledge, R.G. (2002)  Spatial updating of locations specified by 3-D sound and spatial language.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 28 335-345. 

Klatzky, R.L. & Lederman, S.J. (2002) 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: Wiley.

Fleming, J., Klatzky, R.L. & Behrmann, M. (2002)  Time course of planning for object and action parameters in visually guided manipulation.  Visual Cognition, 9, 502-527.  Special issue published in book form as: Ward, R. (Ed.)  Independence and integration of perception and action. NY: Taylor & Francis Inc.

Klatzky, R.L. (1999) Path completion after haptic exploration without vision:  Implications for haptic spatial representations.  Perception & Psychophysics, 61, 220-235.

Klatzky, R.L. & Lederman, S.J. (1999) Tactile roughness perception with a rigid link interposed between skin and surface.  Perception & Psychophysics, 61, 591-607.

Klatzky, R.L., Beall, A.C., Loomis, J.M., Golledge, R.G. & Philbeck, J.M. (1999) Human navigation ability: Tests of the encoding-error model of path integration.  Spatial Cognition and Computation, 1, 31-65.

Loomis, J., Golledge, R.G. & Klatzky, R.L. (1998) Navigation system for the blind: Auditory display modes and guidance.  PRESENCE: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 7, 193-203. 

Klatzky, R.L., Loomis, J.M., Beall, A.C., Chance, S.S. & Golledge, R.G. (1998) Spatial updating of self-position and orientation during real, imagined, and virtual locomotion. Psychological Science, 9, 293-298. 

Klatzky, R.L. (1998) Allocentric and egocentric spatial representations: Definitions, distinctions, and interconnections. In C. Freksa, C. Habel, & K. F. Wender (Eds.), Spatial cognition - An interdisciplinary approach to representation and processing of spatial knowledge (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 1404) (pp. 1-17). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.  

McCloskey, B., Klatzky, R.L. & Pellegrino, J. (1992) On rubbing your stomach while tapping your fingers: Interference between motor planning and semantic judgments.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 18, 948-961.

Klatzky, R.L., Loomis, J., Golledge, R., Cicinelli, J., Doherty, S. & Pellegrino, J. (1990) Acquisition of route and survey knowledge in the absence of vision.  Journal of Motor Behavior, 22, 19-43.