Browsing by Author "Fajen, Brett R."
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Analyzing the effects of instrumental and cognitive workload on the control of cognition at the time scale of interactive behavior
Ralph, Jason (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2011-05) -
Anticipation from biological motion : the goalkeeper problem
Diaz, Gabriel (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2010-12) -
Automated video analysis using low-level motion feature tracks
Cheriyadat, Anil (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2009-05) -
Beyond bounded rationality : towards a computationally rational theory of motor control
Lerch, Rachel A. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-12)Limitations in human information processing have been well documented, though remain less understood in terms of how cognitive systems adapt to information processing constraints. To address this challenge, a growing body ... -
Cognitive control of saccadic behavior in the antisaccade task : a model of voluntary and involuntary eye movements
Hope, Ryan M. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2016-05)An important question now is how does a system based on automatic (involuntary) saccade timing still allow for top-down (voluntary) control, like that which is needed in the antisaccade task? In order to test this idea, a ... -
Discovering optical control strategies : a data-mining approach
Weber, Romann M. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2013-05)A major focus of research into visually guided action (VGA) is the identification of control strategies that map optical information to actions. The traditional approach to this research has been to test the behavioral ... -
Dynamics of individual learning
Rahman, Roussel (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2022-08)This work focuses on understanding how individuals learn complex tasks. Most real-world tasks that we learn and need help with, are complex. Yet most of our knowledge about human learning is based on simple tasks. We think ... -
Effects of playing the video game Tetris on attention and processing speed
Ndemera Denga, Ropafadzo A. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2022-08)Previous research has examined the relationship between playing video games and different cognitive abilities. This dissertation investigated if playing the video game Tetris leads to enhanced cognitive abilities as measured ... -
Embodied interaction and user experience : a study of interactive, 3D graphics in procedural information
Sharp, D. Michael (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2007-12) -
Enabling human-machine coexistence using depth sensors
Jivani, Devavrat Ganesh (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-12)In this thesis, we investigate the application of sensing technology to scenarios including large scale immersive environments, industrial robot workspaces, and domestic environments. We design frameworks that tackle the ... -
Exploring action capabilities : do people know what they are capable of before they try?
Cramer, Christopher M. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2009-08) -
Gaze, steering, and active vision during skilled quadcopter flight
Powell, Nathaniel V. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2022-08)Previous accounts of how humans locomote have focused on movements and perceptualjudgments along the 2D ground plane, such as when driving automobiles or walking over various types of terrain. Humans, however, can also ... -
How salient events improve performance during prolonged tasks
Veksler, Bella Z. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2009-05) -
Identifying expertise : data exploration in Tetris
Lindstedt, John K. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2013-12)The identification of expertise in a complex task is trivial when all data is in after the fact. To achieve a better understanding of the nature of expertise my first goal, in this work, is to identify the behaviors most ... -
Intercepting moving targets: a little foresight helps a lot
Diaz, Gabriel J. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2008-05) -
Internal models of embodied dynamics: a computational theory of learning in routine interactive behavior
Sims, Christopher Robert (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2009-05) -
Learning to coordinate a redundant motor system : the role of postural comfort
Barton, Sean L. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2014-12)When realizing a motor goal, actors have access to a large number of redundant action possibilities from which a particular movement must be selected. Comfort has been shown to play an important role in the selection of ... -
Modeling the visual search process
Veksler, Bella (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2011-12) -
Modelling learning and decision making under information processing constraints
Malloy, Tyler (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-12)This thesis explores the impact of information processing constraints on models of human learning and decision making. This is achieved through altering existing methods within the fields of economic decision making and ... -
Moving objects are accurately perceived in an allocentric environment during locomotion
Parade, Melissa S. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2014-05)An allocentric frame of reference is necessary to control flexible interaction with the world, but the optical stimulus is received in an egocentric frame of reference. This means that if an animal moves in the presence ...