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Lynette A. Jones

Lynette A. Jones

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
42
Citations
8043
World Ranking
6481
National Ranking
1776

Overview

Lynette A. Jones is affiliated with MIT in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of neuroscience, psychology, and computer science. The main fields of study include Neuroscience, Psychology, and Computer Science, with subfields extending into Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, Social Psychology, and Information Systems.

Their research topics reflect a multidisciplinary approach encompassing tactile and sensory interactions, multisensory perception and integration, gaze tracking and assistive technology, visual perception and processing mechanisms, color perception and design, virtual reality applications and impacts, and service-oriented architecture and web services.

Jones has contributed to multiple publications, mostly found in the venue IEEE Transactions on Haptics, where they published five papers. Notable recent papers include:

  • Haptic Communication of Language, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Haptics
  • Perceiving Synchrony: Determining Thermal-Tactile Simultaneity Windows, 2024, IEEE Transactions on Haptics
  • Tactile-Thermal Interactions: Cooperation and Competition, 2025, IEEE Transactions on Haptics
  • Messages from the Incoming and Outgoing Editors-in-Chief, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Haptics
  • Twenty Years of World Haptics: Retrospective and Future Directions, 2025, IEEE Transactions on Haptics

Frequent collaborators include Hsin-Ni Ho, Hong Z. Tan, Charlotte M. Reed, Takuya Jodai, and Masahiko Terao. These co-authorship patterns indicate ongoing engagement with researchers specializing in haptics and sensory interaction domains.

Best Publications

  • Human Hand Function

    Lynette A Jones;Susan J Lederman

  • Tactile displays: guidance for their design and application.

    Lynette A. Jones;Nadine B. Sarter

  • Perception of force and weight: theory and research.

    Lynette A. Jones

  • A perceptual analysis of stiffness.

    L. A. Jones;I. W. Hunter

  • A teleoperated microsurgical robot and associated virtual environment for eye surgery

    Ian W. Hunter;Tilemachos D. Doukoglou;Serge R. Lafontaine;Paul G. Charette

  • Application of Psychophysical Techniques to Haptic Research

    L. A. Jones;H. Z. Tan

  • Warm or Cool, Large or Small? The Challenge of Thermal Displays

    L.A. Jones;H.-N. Ho

  • Tactile display and vibrotactile pattern recognition on the torso

    Lynette A. Jones;Brett Lockyer;Erin Piateski

  • Tactile and Haptic Illusions

    S. J. Lederman;L. A. Jones

  • Contribution of thermal cues to material discrimination and localization

    Hsin Ni Ho;Lynette A. Jones

  • The psychophysics of temperature perception and thermal-interface design

    L.A. Jones;M. Berris

  • Matching Forces: Constant Errors and Differential Thresholds

    Lynette A Jones

  • Perceived force in fatiguing isometric contractions

    Lynette A. Jones;Ian W. Hunter

  • Vibrotactile pattern recognition on the arm and torso

    E. Piateski;L. Jones

  • Ophthalmic microsurgical robot and associated virtual environment

    I.W. Hunter;L.A. Jones;M.A. Sagar;S.R. Lafontaine

  • A dynamic model of drops detaching from a gas metal arc welding electrode

    L A Jones;T W Eagar;J H Lang

  • Development of a tactile vest

    L.A. Jones;M. Nakamura;B. Lockyer

  • The assessment of hand function: a critical review of techniques.

    Lynette A. Jones

  • Vibrotactile pattern recognition on the arm and back.

    Lynette A Jones;Jacquelyn Kunkel;Erin Piateski

  • A perceptual analysis of viscosity.

    Lynette A. Jones;Ian W. Hunter

  • Force sensation in isometric contractions: a relative force effect

    Lynette A. Jones;Ian W. Hunter

  • Mechanical and Psychophysical Studies of Surface Wave Propagation during Vibrotactile Stimulation

    K. O. Sofia;L. Jones

  • Modeling the thermal responses of the skin surface during hand-object interactions.

    Hsin Ni Ho;Lynette A. Jones

  • The Assessment and Treatment of Patients Who Have Sensory Loss Following Cortical Lesions

    Ruth M. Dannenbaum;Lynette A. Jones

  • Development and evaluation of a thermal display for material identification and discrimination

    Hsin-Ni Ho;Lynette A. Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan J. Lederman
Susan J. Lederman Queen's University
Hong Z. Tan
Hong Z. Tan Purdue University West Lafayette
Poul M. F. Nielsen
Poul M. F. Nielsen University of Auckland
Brenda Milner
Brenda Milner McGill University
Gabriel Leonard
Gabriel Leonard Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Peter Hunter
Peter Hunter University of Auckland
Martyn P. Nash
Martyn P. Nash University of Auckland
Allison M. Okamura
Allison M. Okamura Stanford University
Domenico Prattichizzo
Domenico Prattichizzo University of Siena

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