Lab Affiliation: Laboratory For Cognition and Action

Research Interests:

David Rosenbaum is interested in the cognitive substrates of skilled performance, especially those underlying human motor control and perceptual-motor integration. He focuses on the planning and control of manual performance (mainly reaching and grasping objects), using computer modeling and recording of behavior. He also works on rhythm and timing, temporal coordination of cognitive and perceptual-motor activities, and how people organize their external environments.

Research Opportunities:

My lab is open to undergraduates, graduate students, and visitors (interns, post-docs, and faculty on sabbatical).

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Recent Publications:

Books:

Rosenbaum, D. A. (2010). Human Motor Control (Second Edition). San Diego: Academic Press/Elsevier.

Rosenbaum, D. A. (2007). MATLAB For Behavioral Scientists. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters:

Jax, S. A., & Rosenbaum, D. A. (2009). Hand path priming in manual obstacle avoidance: Rapid decay of dorsal stream information. Neuropsychologia, 47, 1573-1577.

Rosenbaum, D. A. (2009). Walking down memory lane: Where walkers look as they descend stairs provides hints about how they control their walking behavior. American Journal of Psychology, 122, 425-430.

Rosenbaum, D. A., Vaughan, J., Meulenbroek, R. G. J., Jax, S., & Cohen, R. (2009). Smart moves: The psychology of everyday perceptual-motor acts. In E. Morsella, J. A. Bargh, & P. M. Gollwitzer, & (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Human Action, pp. 121-135. New York: Oxford University Press.

Van der Wel, R. P., Sternad, D., & Rosenbaum, D. A. (In press). Moving the hand at different rates: Avoiding slow movements. Journal of Motor Behavior.

van der Wel, R., Eder, J. R., Mitchel, A. D., Walsh, M. W. & Rosenbaum, D. A. (2009). Trajectories emerging from discrete versus continuous processing models in phonological competitor tasks: A commentary on Spivey, Grosjean, and Knoblich (2005). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 35, 588-594.

Walsh, M. M. & Rosenbaum, D. A. (2009). Deciding how to act is not achieved by watching mental movies. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 35, 1481-1489.

Weigelt, W., Rosenbaum, D. A., Huelshorst, S. & Schack T. (2009). Moving and memorizing: Motor planning modulates the recency effect in serial and free recall. Acta Psychologica, 132, 68–79.

Rosenbaum, D. A. (2008). Moving cognition. In M. A. Gluck, J.R. Anderson, & S. M. Kosslyn (Eds.), Memory and mind: A Festschrift for Gordon Bower, pp. 173-194. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates/Taylor & Francis Group.

Rosenbaum, D. A. & Gaydos, M. J. (2008). A method for obtaining psychophysical estimation of movement costs. Journal of Motor Behavior, 40, 11-17.

Zhang, W. & Rosenbaum, D. A. (2008). Planning for manual positioning: The end-state comfort effect for abduction-adduction of the hand. Experimental Brain Research, 184, 383-389.

Cohen, R. G. & Rosenbaum, D. A. (2007). Directional bias of limb tremor prior to voluntary movement. Psychological Science, 18, 8-12.

Jax, S. A. & Rosenbaum, D. A. (2007). Hand path priming in manual obstacle avoidance: Evidence that the dorsal stream does not only control visually guided actions in real time. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 33, 425-441.

Jax, S. A., Rosenbaum, D. A. & Vaughan, J. (2007). Extending Fitts’ Law to manual obstacle avoidance. Experimental Brain Research, 180, 775–779.

Rosenbaum, D. A., Cohen, R. G., Jax, S. A., Van Der Wel, R., & Weiss, D. J. (2007). The problem of serial order in behavior: Lashley’s legacy. Human Movement Science, 26, 525–554.

Van Der Wel, R. P. & Rosenbaum, D. A. (2007). Coordination of locomotion and prehension. Experimental Brain Research, 176, 281-287.

Van Der Wel, R. P. Fleckenstein, R., Jax, S., & Rosenbaum, D. A. (2007). Hand path priming in manual obstacle avoidance: Evidence for abstract spatio-temporal forms in human motor control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 33, 1117-1126.

Weigelt, M. Cohen, R. G., & Rosenbaum, D. A. (2007). Returning home: Locations rather than movements are recalled in human object manipulation. Experimental Brain Research, 149, 191-198.

Weiss, D. J., Wark, J. D., & Rosenbaum, D. A. (2007). Monkey see, monkey plan, monkey do: The end-state comfort effect in cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus Oedipus). Psychological Science, 18,1063-1068.

Augustyn, J. S. & Rosenbaum, D. A. (2006). Metacognitive control of action: Preparation for aiming reflects knowledge of Fitts’ Law. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 12, 911-916.

Keller, P.E., Wascher, E., Prinz, W., Waszak, F., Koch, I., & Rosenbaum, D.A. (2006). Differences between intention-based and stimulus-based actions. Journal of Psychophysiology, 20, 9-20.

Rosenbaum, D. A., Dawson, A. M., & Challis, J. H. (2006). Haptic tracking permits bimanual independence. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 32, 1266-1275.

Rosenbaum, D. A. (2005). The Cinderella of psychology: The neglect of motor control in the science of mental life and behavior. American Psychologist, 60, 308-317.

Waszak, F., Wascher, E., Keller, P., Koch, I., Aschersleben, G., Rosenbaum, D. A., & Prinz. W. (2005). Intention-based and stimulus-based mechanisms in action selection. Experimental Brain Research, 162, 346-356.

Cohen, R. G. & Rosenbaum, D. A. (2004). Where objects are grasped reveals how grasps are planned: Generation and recall of motor plans. Experimental Brain Research, 157, 486-495.

Rosenbaum, D. A., Carlson, R. A., & Gilmore, R. O. (2001) Acquisition of intellectual and perceptual-motor skills. Annual Review of Psychology, 52, 453-470.

Rosenbaum, D. A., Meulenbroek, R. G., Vaughan, J., & Jansen, C. (2001). Posture-based motion planning: Applications to grasping. Psychological Review, 108, 709-734.

Rosenbaum, D. A., Loukopoulos, L. D., Meulenbroek, R. G. M., Vaughan, J., & Engelbrecht, S. E. (1995). Planning reaches by evaluating stored postures. Psychological Review, 102, 28-67.