David A Rosenbaum
Biographic Data
| ID | 1663360 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David A Rosenbaum |
| GIVEN NAMES | David A |
| FAMILY NAME | Rosenbaum |
| SIGNATURE | ROSENBAUM D A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Riverside |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0103-7676 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Hands can play equal roles in bimanual single-object rotations
When the two hands carry out tasks simultaneously, interactions arise between them, but the way those interactions relate to the specializations of the hands is not fully understood. Much of the existing work on this topic has examined bimanual tasks in which the two hands can act independently. Here, we took a different approach by focusing on actions in which the two hands are physically coupled through the manipulation of a single object. We a…
Motor Control, for Instance
One of Gordon Logan's notable contributions was his demonstration that stored instances of previous stimulus–response mappings provide a useful substrate for effective performance. The principle was initially demonstrated in alphabet–arithmetic tasks (Logan, 1988) but later was applied to reading (Logan, 1997), attention and memory (Logan, 2002), and typewriting (Crump et al., 2019). If reliance on stored instances is fundamental, one would expec…
Bilingualism, Mind, and Brain
The topics of bilingualism, mind, and brain have come together in exciting new ways in recent years, in part because of the influence of Judith F. Kroll. In this article, we provide a biographical tour of Judy's life and career. Our personal focus reflects the personal as well as intellectual and scientific impact Judy has had, training a generation of researchers in the field and organizing venues for the sharing of research by scores of investi…
Acting with the feet and hands: Does one effector system dominate the other
To act effectively, one must select actions that satisfy performance criteria. The more important the criteria, the more important it is to satisfy them. This idea leads to the suggestion that a goal of research on action selection should be determining the relative importance of different performance criteria. We pursued this aim by focused on a physical action task: walking to a table, picking up a box with two hands, and moving the box back an…
Thinking on your feet: Anticipatory foot placements in repeated bimanual object displacements
Effective handling of objects requires proper use of the hands. If the object handling is done while standing or walking, it also requires proper use of the feet. We asked how people position their feet to meet future and ongoing object-handling demands. In previous research on this topic, participants walked to a table and picked up an object for a single displacement from one place to another. These studies shed light on sensitivity to kinemati…
What matters in making demand-based decisions: Time alone or difficulty too
Which task is easier, doing arithmetic problems of specified form for some specified duration, or carrying a bucket of specified weight over some specified distance? If it is possible to choose between the “more cognitive” task and the “more physical” task, how are the difficulty levels of the tasks compared? We conducted two experiments in which participants chose the easier of two tasks, one that involved solving addition or multiplication prob…
Does attention solve the “apples-and-oranges” problems of judging task difficulty and task order
Effort avoidance is not simply error avoidance
Grasp Planning in Older Adults
Grasp Planning in Older Adults
Cognition, action, and object manipulation
Although psychology is the science of mental life and behavior, little attention has been paid to the means by which mental life is translated into behavior. One domain in which links between cognition and action have been explored is the manipulation of objects. This article reviews psychological research on this topic, with special emphasis on the tendency to grasp objects differently depending on what one plans to do with the objects. Such dif…
The Cinderella of Psychology: The Neglect of Motor Control in the Science of Mental Life and Behavior
One would expect psychology--the science of mental life and behavior--to place great emphasis on the means by which mental life is behaviorally expressed. Surprisingly, however, the study of how decisions are enacted--the focus of motor control research--has received little attention in psychology. This article documents the neglect and considers possible reasons for it. The hypotheses considered include three that are raised and then rejected: (…
The theory of cognitive residues: A new view of fantasy
The Cinderella of Psychology: The Neglect of Motor Control in the Science of Mental Life and Behavior
One would expect psychology--the science of mental life and behavior--to place great emphasis on the means by which mental life is behaviorally expressed. Surprisingly, however, the study of how decisions are enacted--the focus of motor control research--has received little attention in psychology. This article documents the neglect and considers possible reasons for it. The hypotheses considered include three that are raised and then rejected: (…
Cognition, action, and object manipulation
Although psychology is the science of mental life and behavior, little attention has been paid to the means by which mental life is translated into behavior. One domain in which links between cognition and action have been explored is the manipulation of objects. This article reviews psychological research on this topic, with special emphasis on the tendency to grasp objects differently depending on what one plans to do with the objects. Such dif…
The theory of cognitive residues: A new view of fantasy
The Cinderella of Psychology: The Neglect of Motor Control in the Science of Mental Life and Behavior
One would expect psychology--the science of mental life and behavior--to place great emphasis on the means by which mental life is behaviorally expressed. Surprisingly, however, the study of how decisions are enacted--the focus of motor control research--has received little attention in psychology. This article documents the neglect and considers possible reasons for it. The hypotheses considered include three that are raised and then rejected: (…
Cognition, action, and object manipulation
Although psychology is the science of mental life and behavior, little attention has been paid to the means by which mental life is translated into behavior. One domain in which links between cognition and action have been explored is the manipulation of objects. This article reviews psychological research on this topic, with special emphasis on the tendency to grasp objects differently depending on what one plans to do with the objects. Such dif…
Grasp Planning in Older Adults
Grasp Planning in Older Adults
Does attention solve the “apples-and-oranges” problems of judging task difficulty and task order
Effort avoidance is not simply error avoidance
What matters in making demand-based decisions: Time alone or difficulty too
Which task is easier, doing arithmetic problems of specified form for some specified duration, or carrying a bucket of specified weight over some specified distance? If it is possible to choose between the “more cognitive” task and the “more physical” task, how are the difficulty levels of the tasks compared? We conducted two experiments in which participants chose the easier of two tasks, one that involved solving addition or multiplication prob…
Thinking on your feet: Anticipatory foot placements in repeated bimanual object displacements
Effective handling of objects requires proper use of the hands. If the object handling is done while standing or walking, it also requires proper use of the feet. We asked how people position their feet to meet future and ongoing object-handling demands. In previous research on this topic, participants walked to a table and picked up an object for a single displacement from one place to another. These studies shed light on sensitivity to kinemati…
Bilingualism, Mind, and Brain
The topics of bilingualism, mind, and brain have come together in exciting new ways in recent years, in part because of the influence of Judith F. Kroll. In this article, we provide a biographical tour of Judy's life and career. Our personal focus reflects the personal as well as intellectual and scientific impact Judy has had, training a generation of researchers in the field and organizing venues for the sharing of research by scores of investi…
Acting with the feet and hands: Does one effector system dominate the other
To act effectively, one must select actions that satisfy performance criteria. The more important the criteria, the more important it is to satisfy them. This idea leads to the suggestion that a goal of research on action selection should be determining the relative importance of different performance criteria. We pursued this aim by focused on a physical action task: walking to a table, picking up a box with two hands, and moving the box back an…
Motor Control, for Instance
One of Gordon Logan's notable contributions was his demonstration that stored instances of previous stimulus–response mappings provide a useful substrate for effective performance. The principle was initially demonstrated in alphabet–arithmetic tasks (Logan, 1988) but later was applied to reading (Logan, 1997), attention and memory (Logan, 2002), and typewriting (Crump et al., 2019). If reliance on stored instances is fundamental, one would expec…
Hands can play equal roles in bimanual single-object rotations
When the two hands carry out tasks simultaneously, interactions arise between them, but the way those interactions relate to the specializations of the hands is not fully understood. Much of the existing work on this topic has examined bimanual tasks in which the two hands can act independently. Here, we took a different approach by focusing on actions in which the two hands are physically coupled through the manipulation of a single object. We a…
Psychology (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Action Observation and Synchronization (5 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works) · Motor Control and Adaptation (4 works) · Behavioral and Psychological Studies (3 works) · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (3 works) · GRASP (3 works) · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (3 works) · Action (physics (2 works)