This article surveys the literature on human–robot object handovers. A handover is a
collaborative joint action, where an agent, the giver, gives an object to another agent, the …

Inspecting digital imaging for primary diagnosis introduces perceptual and cognitive
demands for physicians tasked with interpreting visual medical information and arriving at …

When two or more people coordinate their actions in space and time to produce a joint
outcome, they perform a joint action. The perceptual, cognitive, and motor processes that …

Individuals with autism spectrum conditions have difficulties in understanding and
responding appropriately to others. Additionally, they demonstrate impaired perception of …

In this paper, we propose that experimental protocols involving artificial agents, in particular
the embodied humanoid robots, provide insightful information regarding social cognitive …

Neuroscientific and psychological data suggest a close link between affordance and mirror
systems in the brain. However, we still lack a full understanding of both the individual …

Humans spend most of their time interacting with other people. It is the motor organization
subtending these social interactions that forms the main theme of this article. We review …

Skepticism has been expressed concerning the possibility to understand others' intentions
by simply observing their movements: since a number of different intentions may have …

Variability is a property of biological systems, and in animals (including humans), behavioral
variability is characterized by certain features, such as the range of variability and the shape …

Performing online complementary motor adjustments is quintessential to joint actions since it
allows interacting people to coordinate efficiently and achieve a common goal. We sought to …