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  • 2018 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to human visual, auditory, and haptic perception in robotics and virtual environments
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2010 - Kurt Koffka Medal, Giessen University
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1980 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Roberta L. Klatzky is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. Their primary field of study is neuroscience, with a specific focus in the subfield of neurology. The main topics of research include vestibular and auditory disorders.

Collaborative work features frequent co-authors including Jeremy M. Wolfe, Dennis M. Levi, Lori L. Holt, Linda M. Bartoshuk, and Rachel S. Herz.

  • Jeremy M. Wolfe
  • Dennis M. Levi
  • Lori L. Holt
  • Linda M. Bartoshuk
  • Rachel S. Herz

Klatzky has contributed to book publications, notably with Oxford University Press. One of their published titles is Sensation & Perception, released in 2024.

The scientist has been recognized with several honors and awards, including:

  • IEEE Fellow (2018) for contributions to human visual, auditory, and haptic perception in robotics and virtual environments
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2017)
  • Kurt Koffka Medal, Giessen University (2010)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1996)
  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) (1980)

Best Publications

  • Hand movements: a window into haptic object recognition.

    Susan J Lederman;Roberta L Klatzky

  • Human Memory: Structures And Processes

    Roberta L. Klatzky

  • Haptic perception: a tutorial.

    Susan J. Lederman;Roberta L. Klatzky

  • Allocentric and Egocentric Spatial Representations: Definitions, Distinctions, and Interconnections

    Roberta L. Klatzky

  • Nonvisual navigation by blind and sighted: assessment of path integration ability

    Jack M. Loomis;Roberta L. Klatzky;Reginald G. Golledge;Joseph G. Cicinelli

  • Identifying objects by touch: an "expert system".

    Roberta L. Klatzky;Susan J. Lederman;Victoria A. Metzger

  • Spatial Updating of Self-Position and Orientation During Real, Imagined, and Virtual Locomotion

    Roberta L. Klatzky;Jack M. Loomis;Andrew C. Beall;Sarah S. Chance

  • There's more to touch than meets the eye: The salience of object attributes for haptics with and without vision.

    Roberta L. Klatzky;Susan J. Lederman;Catherine Reed

  • Navigation System for the Blind: Auditory Display Modes and Guidance

    Jack M. Loomis;Reginald G. Golledge;Roberta L. Klatzky

  • Teachers’ gestures facilitate students’ learning: A lesson in symmetry

    Laura Valenzeno;Martha W Alibali;Roberta Klatzky

  • Extracting object properties through haptic exploration.

    Susan J. Lederman;Roberta L. Klatzky

  • Can you squeeze a tomato? The role of motor representations in semantic sensibility judgments

    Roberta L Klatzky;James W Pellegrino;Brian P McCloskey;Sally Doherty

  • Haptic classification of common objects: Knowledge-driven exploration

    Susan J Lederman;Roberta L Klatzky

  • Visual mediation and the haptic recognition of two-dimensional pictures of common objects.

    Susan J. Lederman;Roberta L. Klatzky;Cynthia Chataway;Craig D. Summers

  • Similarity of tactual and visual picture recognition with limited field of view

    Jack M Loomis;Roberta L Klatzky;Susan J Lederman

  • Semantic factors in cognition

    Roberta L. Klatzky;John Whealdon Cotton

  • Haptic exploration in the presence of vision

    Roberta L. Klatzky;Susan J. Lederman;Dana E. Matula

  • Acquisition of Route and Survey Knowledge in the Absence of Vision

    Roberta L. Klatzky;Jack M. Loomis;Reginald G. Golledge;Joseph G. Cicinelli

  • Cognitive representations of hand posture in ideomotor apraxia.

    Laurel J Buxbaum;Angela Sirigu;Myrna F Schwartz;Roberta Klatzky

  • Tactile roughness perception with a rigid link interposed between skin and surface

    Roberta L. Klatzky;Susan J. Lederman

  • Semantic Factors in Cognition@@@Basic Processes in Reading: Perception and Comprehension@@@Modes of Perceiving and Processing Information

    Mark S. Mayzner;John W. Cotton;Roberta L. Klatzky;David La Berge

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan J. Lederman
Susan J. Lederman Queen's University
Jack M. Loomis
Jack M. Loomis University of California, Santa Barbara
Reginald G. Golledge
Reginald G. Golledge University of California, Santa Barbara
Ralph L. Hollis
Ralph L. Hollis Carnegie Mellon University
J. Edward Colgate
J. Edward Colgate Northwestern University
Marlene Behrmann
Marlene Behrmann Carnegie Mellon University
Martin Buss
Martin Buss Technical University of Munich
Ming C. Lin
Ming C. Lin University of Maryland, College Park
Dinesh Manocha
Dinesh Manocha University of Maryland, College Park
Ruzena Bajcsy
Ruzena Bajcsy University of California, Berkeley

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