Different visual stimuli have been shown to recruit different mental imagery strategies. However the role of specific visual stimuli properties related to body context and posture in mental imagery is still under debate. Aiming to dissociate the behavioural correlates of mental processing of visual stimuli characterized by different body context, in the present study we investigated whether the...

At our institute, two generations of antropomorphic hands have been designed. In quite a few experiments and demonstrations we could show the abilities of our hands and gain a lot of experience in what artificial hands can do, what abilities they need and where their limitations lie. In this paper, we would like to give an overview over the experiments performed with the DLR hands, our hands ab...

For modern human computer interaction, traditional method based of using keyboard and mouse do not prove sufficient. Especially when thinking of physically handicapped persons, we must try to find the easiest and most comfortable method for human system interaction. The good method for communication process going from man to machine is speech communication. In case of control system, speech com...

A basic precondition of social life is that conflicts must be resolved when you need each other. A new study shows that men affiliate more after one-on-one conflicts than women. This reflects the deep evolutionary history of male bonding.