Body Talks:Studying Human Movement in Task Performance and Social Interaction
Movement is a fundamental characteristic of all living things. Beyond locomotion, higher developed organisms are characterized by sophisticated motor skills needed for object handling, tool use and nonverbal communication through face, gaze and body movement. Humans have also developed particular perceptual skills to use others' movement as an information source.
Robust knowledge about the way we control, process and coordinate movement is essential for manifold applications including therapy and rehabilitation, teaching and training, physical exercise and health behavior, interpersonal communication and last not least the development of artificial social intelligence in virtual agents and robots.
This symposium is a first step towards the establishment of a research and development network at Michigan State University which focuses on movement analysis and simulation. Researchers from technology disciplines, natural, social and behavioral sciences, will present their work in the field of body, face and eye movement and introduce their methods and tools.
The symposium is free and interested Colleagues and graduate students from various schools are invited to attend.
Space is limited.
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