Metaffordance: affordances and attention

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Treffner, P. J. (2024). Teaching times for reading and maths. Table 1.

Treffner, P. J. (2018). Driver distraction - Is it that bad? Yes.
LinkedIn version (latest, with comments).
1-page summary.
Invited talk plus workshop (programme), 43rd annual conference of NZ Institute of Driver Educators.

One-page summary: Phones and crashes in NZ

Communication: Gestures and Language

Treffner, P. J., Peter, M., & Kleidon, M. (2008). Gestures and phases: The dynamics of speech-hand communication. Ecological Psychology, 20, 32-64.

Try experiment here.

CAV Lab: visualisation lab projects.

Treffner, P. J., & Peter, M. (2002). Intentional and attentional dynamics of speech-hand coordination. Human Movement Science, 21, 641-697.

Treffner, P. J. (1999). The common structure of concepts is the affordance in the ecology. Commentary on Ruth Millikan’s “A common structure of individuals, stuffs, and real kinds”. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 22, 729-733.

Driving: Stability, Attention, and Safety

Treffner, P. J. (2018). Driver distraction - Is it that bad? Yes.
Invited talk plus workshop, 43rd annual conference of NZ Institute of Driver Educators.

Treffner, P. J., & Barrett, R. (2004). Hands-free mobile phone speech while driving degrades coordination and control. Transportation Research, Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 7, 229-246.

Treffner, P. J., Barrett, R., & Petersen, A. J. (2002). Stability and skill in driving. Human Movement Science, 21, 749-784.

Treffner, P. J., Barrett, R. S., Petersen, A. J., & White, R. (2002). Active stabilisation and perceptual sensitivity in safe driving. In Developing Safer Drivers and Riders: Proceedings of Travelsafe-Australian College of Road Safety Conference (91-104), Mawson, ACT: ACRS; Conference award “Best Peer-reviewed Paper”.
Collaborator Russell White: "How to avoid a crash course in driving by phone"

Coordination of Perception and Action: Dynamics, Stability, and Skill

Treffner, P. J., & Morrison, S. M. (Eds.) (2001). An interdisciplinary focus on skilled perception-action. Human Movement Science, 20, v-vi.

Treffner, P. J., & Kelso, J. A. S. (1999). Dynamic encounters: Long-memory during functional stabilization. Ecological Psychology, 11, 103-137.

Media coverage.

Treffner, P. J. (1999). Resonance constraints on between-person polyrhythms. In M. A. Grealy and J. A. Thomson (Eds.), Studies in perception and action V (pp. 165 – 169). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Riley, M. A., Amazeen, E. L., Amazeen, P. G., Treffner, P. J., & Turvey, M. T. (1997). Effects of temporal scaling and attention on the asymmetric dynamics of bimanual coordination. Motor Control, 1, 263-283.

Treffner, P. J., & Kelso, J. A. S. (1997). Scale-invariant memory during functional stabilization. In M. Schmuckler and J. M. Kennedy (Eds.), Studies in perception and action IV (pp. 275-279). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Amazeen, E., Amazeen, P., Treffner, P. J., & Turvey, M. T. (1997). Attention and handedness in bimanual coordination dynamics. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 23, 1552-1560.

Treffner, P. J., & Kelso, J. A. S. (1996). Generic mechanisms of coordination in special populations. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 19, 89.

Treffner, P. J., & Turvey, M. T. (1996). Symmetry, broken symmetry, and the dynamics of bimanual coordination. Experimental Brain Research, 107, 463-478.

Treffner, P. J., & Kelso, J. A. S. (1995). Functional stability of perception-action dynamics. Proceedings of the Association for Research in Vision and Opthalmology (ARVO), S357.

Treffner, P. J., & Kelso, J. A. S. (1995). Functional stabilization of unstable fixed-points. In B. Bardy, R. Bootsma, and Y. Guiard (Eds.) Studies in perception and action III, pp. 83-86. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Treffner, P. J., & Turvey, M. T. (1995). Handedness and the asymmetric dynamics of bimanual rhythmic coordination. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 21, 318-333.

Treffner, P. J., & Turvey, M. T. (1993). Resonance constraints on rhythmic movement. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 19, 1221-1237.

Schmidt, R. C., Treffner, P. J., Shaw, B. K., & Turvey, M. T. (1992). Dynamical aspects of learning an interlimb rhythmic movement pattern. Journal of Motor Behavior, 24, 67-83.

Schmidt, R. C., Treffner, P. J., & Turvey, M. T. (1991). Neural networks and the first and second rounds of theorizing on Bernstein’s problem. Human Movement Science, 10, 117-131.

Schmidt, R. C., Beek, P. J., Treffner, P. J., & Turvey, M. T. (1991). Dynamical substructure of coordinated rhythmic movements. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 17, 635-651.

Treffner, P. J. (1987). Ecological connectionism and animal-environment mutuality. In M. Caudill (Ed.), Proceedings of IEEE First International Conference on Neural Networks, Vol. 2 (pp. 813-820). San Diego: IEEE Press.