Perceiving and Interacting with Materials and Objects in Naturalistic Environments

DFG is funding a new Research Training Group at the University of Giessen

Our experience of the environment is based on a complex sequence of sensory, cognitive, and motor processes. Despite decades of psychological research, many questions remain unanswered about how humans perceive and interact with materials and objects in everyday contexts. Previous findings have primarily come from strictly controlled laboratory experiments under simplified conditions. The GRK “Perception of and Interaction with Materials and Objects in Natural Environments” uses novel approaches and methods to investigate how materials and objects are perceived and modeled under real conditions, how we interact with them, and how these processes vary across individuals and lifespans. 

The spokespersons for the interdisciplinary CRC are Prof. Dr. Katja Fiehler and Prof. Dr. Daniel Kaiser. In total, the research training group (RTG) will be led by 12 principal investigators (PIs) from Justus Liebig University Gießen, spanning the Institutes of Psychology, Sport Sciences, Mathematics, and Medicine.

Press release DFG