Dr Lore Thaler's Outputs (55)

What is the best fixation target? The effect of target shape on stability of fixational eye movements (2013)
Journal Article
Thaler, L., Schütz, A. C., Goodale, M. A., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2013). What is the best fixation target? The effect of target shape on stability of fixational eye movements. Vision Research, 76, 31-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2012.10.012

People can direct their gaze at a visual target for extended periods of time. Yet, even during fixation the eyes make small, involuntary movements (e.g. tremor, drift, and microsaccades). This can be a problem during experiments that require stable f... Read More about What is the best fixation target? The effect of target shape on stability of fixational eye movements.

Reaction times for allocentric movements are 35 ms slower than reaction times for target-directed movements (2011)
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Thaler, L., & Goodale, M. (2011). Reaction times for allocentric movements are 35 ms slower than reaction times for target-directed movements. Experimental Brain Research, 211(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-011-2691-2

Neural substrates of visual spatial coding and visual feedback control for hand movements in allocentric and target-directed tasks (2011)
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Thaler, L., & Goodale, M. (2011). Neural substrates of visual spatial coding and visual feedback control for hand movements in allocentric and target-directed tasks. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 5, Article 92. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2011.00092

Neuropsychological evidence suggests that different brain areas may be involved in movements that are directed at visual targets (e.g., pointing or reaching), and movements that are based on allocentric visual information (e.g., drawing or copying).... Read More about Neural substrates of visual spatial coding and visual feedback control for hand movements in allocentric and target-directed tasks.

Neural correlates of natural human echolocation in early and late blind echolocation experts (2011)
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Thaler, L., Arnott, S., & Goodale, M. (2011). Neural correlates of natural human echolocation in early and late blind echolocation experts. PLoS ONE, 6(5), Article e20162. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020162

Background: A small number of blind people are adept at echolocating silent objects simply by producing mouth clicks and listening to the returning echoes. Yet the neural architecture underlying this type of aid-free human echolocation has not been i... Read More about Neural correlates of natural human echolocation in early and late blind echolocation experts.

Toward an integrated approach to perception and action: conference report and future directions (2011)
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Gordon, G., Kaplan, D., Lankow, B., Little, D., Sherwin, J., Suter, B., & Thaler, L. (2011). Toward an integrated approach to perception and action: conference report and future directions. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 5, Article 20. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2011.00020

This article was motivated by the conference entitled “Perception & Action – An Interdisciplinary Approach to Cognitive Systems Theory,” which took place September 14–16, 2010 at the Santa Fe Institute, NM, USA. The goal of the conference was to brin... Read More about Toward an integrated approach to perception and action: conference report and future directions.

The role of online visual feedback for the control of target-directed and allocentric hand movements (2011)
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Thaler, L., & Goodale, M. (2011). The role of online visual feedback for the control of target-directed and allocentric hand movements. Journal of Neurophysiology, 105(2), 846-859. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00743.2010

Studies that have investigated how sensory feedback about the moving hand is used to control hand movements have relied on paradigms such as pointing or reaching that require subjects to acquire target locations. In the context of these target-direct... Read More about The role of online visual feedback for the control of target-directed and allocentric hand movements.

The perception of 3D shape from texture based on directional width gradients (2010)
Journal Article
Todd, J., & Thaler, L. (2010). The perception of 3D shape from texture based on directional width gradients. Journal of Vision, 10(5), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.1167/10.5.17

Evidence from visuomotor adaptation for two partially independent visuomotor systems (2010)
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Thaler, L., & Todd, J. (2010). Evidence from visuomotor adaptation for two partially independent visuomotor systems. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 36(4), 924-935. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0017603

Visual information can specify spatial layout with respect to the observer (egocentric) or with respect to an external frame of reference (allocentric). People can use both of these types of visual spatial information to guide their hands. The questi... Read More about Evidence from visuomotor adaptation for two partially independent visuomotor systems.

Beyond distance and direction: the brain represents target locations non-metrically (2010)
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Thaler, L., & Goodale, M. (2010). Beyond distance and direction: the brain represents target locations non-metrically. Journal of Vision, 10(3), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1167/10.3.3

In their day-to-day activities human beings are constantly generating behavior, such as pointing, grasping or verbal reports, on the basis of visible target locations. The question arises how the brain represents target locations. One possibility is... Read More about Beyond distance and direction: the brain represents target locations non-metrically.

The use of head/eye-centered, hand-centered and allocentric representations for visually guided hand movements and perceptual judgments (2009)
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Thaler, L., & Todd, J. (2009). The use of head/eye-centered, hand-centered and allocentric representations for visually guided hand movements and perceptual judgments. Neuropsychologia, 47(5), 1227-1244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.12.039

The control parameters used by the CNS to guide the hand depend on the visuo-motor task: evidence from visually guided pointing (2009)
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Thaler, L., & Todd, J. (2009). The control parameters used by the CNS to guide the hand depend on the visuo-motor task: evidence from visually guided pointing. Neuroscience, 159(2), 578-598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.12.038

The effects of phase on the perception of 3D shape from texture: psychophysics and modeling (2007)
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Thaler, L., Todd, J., & Dijkstra, T. (2007). The effects of phase on the perception of 3D shape from texture: psychophysics and modeling. Vision Research, 47(3), 411-427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2006.10.007

The effects of viewing angle, camera angle, and sign of surface curvature on the perception of three-dimensional shape from texture (2007)
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Todd, J., Thaler, L., Dijkstra, T., Koenderink, J., & Kappers, A. (2007). The effects of viewing angle, camera angle, and sign of surface curvature on the perception of three-dimensional shape from texture. Journal of Vision, 7(12), https://doi.org/10.1167/7.12.9

Illusory bending of a rigidly moving line segment: effects of image motion and smooth pursuit eye movements (2007)
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Thaler, L., Todd, J., Spering, M., & Gegenfurtner, K. (2007). Illusory bending of a rigidly moving line segment: effects of image motion and smooth pursuit eye movements. Journal of Vision, 7(6), https://doi.org/10.1167/7.6.9

The effects of field of view on the perception of 3D slant from texture (2005)
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Todd, J., Thaler, L., & Dijkstra, T. (2005). The effects of field of view on the perception of 3D slant from texture. Vision Research, 45(12), 1501-1517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2005.01.003