The spatio-temporal architecture of everyday manual behavior.
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SUBMITTER: Sili D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10256758 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun
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The spatio-temporal architecture of everyday manual behavior.
Sili Daniele D De Giorgi Chiara C Pizzuti Alessandra A Spezialetti Matteo M de Pasquale Francesco F Betti Viviana V
Scientific reports 20230609 1
In everyday activities, humans move alike to manipulate objects. Prior works suggest that hand movements are built by a limited set of basic building blocks consisting of a set of common postures. However, how the low dimensionality of hand movements supports the adaptability and flexibility of natural behavior is unknown. Through a sensorized glove, we collected kinematics data from thirty-six participants preparing and having breakfast in naturalistic conditions. By means of an unbiased analys ...[more]
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