Studies in Perception and Action XII ― Seventeenth International Conference on Perception and Action

Researchers and academics in ecological psychology share research findings into ecological approaches to perception, action, and cognition. This year's 33 papers cover action and coordination, interpersonal coordination, perception and perceptual-motor learning, perception of affordances, and postural control and coordination. Among the topics are perception-action cycles in the remote control of helicopters, linguistic constraints on interpersonal coordination and communication, gaze control and brain development in infants from four to twelve months old, aesthetics and environmental enclosures in Japanese Zen gardens, and the recurrence analysis of interjoint coordination in children during volleyball practice task constraints. Psychology Press is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Tehran J. Davis, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action, a multidisciplinary research center housed at the University of Connecticut (USA). His current research involves the study of decision making and intentionality, as well as the dynamics of social coordination and joint action.

Pedro Passos, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Human Kinetics/Technical University of Lisbon in Portugal. His research involving the study of the dynamics of interpersonal coordination in team sports has been published in several scientific journals, book chapters, and communications in scientific meetings. Currently, he is working to extend this line of research to the analysis of cooperative tasks in video games and other forms of virtual reality. Parallel to research activity, he also serves as a Technical Coordinator of a Rugby Union Club. During his leisure time he enjoys mountain biking, surfing, and alpine skiing.

Matt Dick, Ph.D. is a Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology and member of the Centre for Situated Action and Communication Research at the University of Portsmouth, England. He has previously held positions at the VU University in Amsterdam and German Sports University Cologne. His primary research interest is the study of interpersonal perception and action, with a focus on the topics of perceptual expertise and the visual control of movement.

Julie A. Weast-Knapp recently earned her Ph. D. in Psychology from the Center of Perception and Action at the University of Cincinnati. Her professional interests include improving the techniques used for teaching within the behavioral sciences, and she is a recipient of several awards recognizing her pedagogical achievements—including the Excellence in Teaching Award for Graduate instructors from the University of Cincinnati. Her current research interests include perception of affordances in sport as well as human perception of biological motion.