Achieving interface and environment fidelity in the Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Surgical Trainer

A Chellali, H Mentis, A Miller, W Ahn, VS Arikatla… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Virtual reality trainers are educational tools with great potential for laparoscopic surgery.
They can provide basic skills training in a controlled environment and free of risks for …

[KNIHA][B] Development in chimpanzees

T Matsuzawa, M Tomonaga, M Tanaka - 2006 - Springer
Humans and chimpanzees last shared a common ancestor about 5 to 6 million years ago.
Single-nucleotide substitutions occur at a mean rate of 1.23% between copies of the human …

Art by firelight? Using experimental and digital techniques to explore Magdalenian engraved plaquette use at Montastruc (France)

A Needham, I Wisher, A Langley, M Amy, A Little - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Palaeolithic stone plaquettes are a type of mobiliary art featuring engravings and recovered
primarily from Magdalenian sites, where they can number from single finds to several …

[HTML][HTML] Illuminating palaeolithic art using virtual reality: A new method for integrating dynamic firelight into interpretations of art production and use

I Wisher, A Needham - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Approaches to Palaeolithic art have increasingly shifted beyond the traditional focus on
engraved or depicted forms in isolation, to appreciating the sensorial experience of art …

Material scaffolds in numbers and time

KA Overmann - Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 2013 - cambridge.org
The present article develops a framework for interpreting Upper Palaeolithic artefacts from
an analysis of material complexity, numeration systems and timekee** using cultural …

Infants' responsiveness to pictorial depth cues in preferential-reaching studies: A meta-analysis

M Kavšek, CE Granrud, A Yonas - Infant Behavior and Development, 2009 - Elsevier
The findings of numerous preferential-reaching studies suggest that infants first respond to
pictorial depth cues between 5 and 7 months of age. However, three recent preferential …

Effects of self-avatar cast shadow and foot vibration on telepresence, virtual walking experience, and cybersickness from omnidirectional movie

J Nakamura, Y Ikei, M Kitazaki - i-Perception, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Human locomotion is most naturally achieved through walking, which is good for both
mental and physical health. To provide a virtual walking experience to seated users, a …

Perception of object motion in three-dimensional space induced by cast shadows

N Katsuyama, N Usui, I Nose, M Taira - Neuroimage, 2011 - Elsevier
Cast shadows can be salient depth cues in three-dimensional (3D) vision. Using a motion
illusion in which a ball is perceived to roll in depth on the bottom or to flow in the front plane …

Perception of surface glossiness by infants aged 5 to 8 months

J Yang, Y Otsuka, S Kanazawa, MK Yamaguchi… - …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
We examined glossiness perception in infants using a preferential looking paradigm. In
experiment 1, the images of two doll-shaped objects with matte and glossy surfaces were …

The role of scenic context on upright face preference in infancy

M Kobayashi, S Kanazawa, MK Yamaguchi - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Scenic information plays an important role in face processing, whereas it has received
limited attention in the field of developmental research. In the current study, we investigated …