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Communication: Gestures and Body Language

 

Treffner, P. J., Peter, M., & Kleidon, M. (2008). Gestures and phases: The dynamics of speech-hand communication. Ecological Psychology, 20, 32-64. View web version.
View animations and try experiment. 
CAV Lab video.

Treffner, P. J., & Peter, M. (2002). Intentional and attentional dynamics of speech-hand coordination. Human Movement Science, 21, 641-697.

 

 

Driving: Stability, Safety, and Attention

 

Treffner, P. J., & Barrett, R. (2004). Hands-free mobile phone speech while driving degrades coordination and control. Transportation Research, Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 7, 229-246. Research
Media: "How to avoid a crash course in driving by phone"

Treffner, P. J., Barrett, R., & Petersen, A. J. (2002). Stability and skill in driving. Human Movement Science, 21, 749-784.

Treffner, P. J., Barrett, R. S., Petersen, A. J., & White, R. (2002). Active stabilisation and perceptual sensitivity in safe driving. In Developing Safer Drivers and Riders: Proceedings of Travelsafe-Australian College of Road Safety Conference (91-104), Mawson, ACT: ACRS; Conference award “Best Peer-reviewed Paper”.

 

Driving research collaboration with: Holden Driving Centre.

Driving research in collaboration with:

    FRANK GARDNER; Wikipedia; Drive To Survive book;  insights. 

    Watch Frank Gardner here.

Extension of our research by Russell White at: Driversafety.com.au; Fatality Free Friday.

 

DriveDoctor - on this website

Motor Coordination: Nonlinear Dynamics, Laterality, Stability, and Skill 

 

Treffner, P. J., & Kelso, J. A. S. (1999). Dynamic encounters: Long-memory during functional stabilization. Ecological Psychology, 11, 103-137. My Research.

    Media coverage.

Riley, M. A., Amazeen, E. L., Amazeen, P. G., Treffner, P. J., & Turvey, M. T. (1997). Effects of temporal scaling and attention on the asymmetric dynamics of bimanual coordination. Motor Control, 1, 263-283.

Amazeen, E., Amazeen, P., Treffner, P. J., & Turvey, M. T. (1997). Attention and handedness in bimanual coordination dynamics. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 23, 1552-1560.

Treffner, P. J., & Kelso, J. A. S. (1996). Generic mechanisms of coordination in special populations. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 19, 89.

Treffner, P. J., & Turvey, M. T. (1996). Symmetry, broken symmetry, and the dynamics of bimanual coordination. Experimental Brain Research, 107, 463-478.

Treffner, P. J., & Turvey, M. T. (1995). Handedness and the asymmetric dynamics of bimanual rhythmic coordination. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 21, 318-333.

Treffner, P. J., & Turvey, M. T. (1993). Resonance constraints on rhythmic movement. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 19, 1221-1237.

 

 

Conferences Organised


 

Treffner, P. J. (Ed.) (2003). Conference Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Perception & Action: ICPA 12, Gold Coast, Australia. Conference Book - Full Papers.

Treffner, P. J. (2004). Lectures on ecological psychology. Presented to the Japanese Society for Developmental Psychology, Tokyo, Japan.

Treffner, P. J. (Ed.) (2001).  5th Biennial Motor Control and Human Skill Research Workshop, Gold Coast, Australia. Human Movement Science, 20.

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