The Bionics and Cognitive Science Centre
Recent Publications and Presentations
- Arbabtafti, M., Moghaddam, M., Nahvi, A., Mahvash, M., Richardson, B., & Shirinzadeh, B. (2010). Physics-based haptic simulation of bone machining. IEEE Transactions on Haptics
- Van Doorn, G.H., Richardson, B.L., Wuillemin, D.B., & Symmons, M.A. (2010). Visual and haptic influence on perception of stimulus size. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics
- Symmons, M.A. Pilot study of speed collection and motorcycle identification for a motorcycle case-control study. Accepted for presentation at the Canadian Multidisciplinary Road Safety Conference, Niagra Falls, June 2010
- Symmons, M.A. The potential impact on motorcycle safety of daytime running light use across the whole fleet. Accepted for presentation at the International Conference on Safety & Mobility of Vulnerable Road Users. Jerusalem, May 2010
- Symmons, M.A. & Mulvihill, C.M. Inappropriate versus excessive speed in motorcycle crashes. Accepted for presentation at the International Conference on Safety & Mobility of Vulnerable Road Users. Jerusalem, May 2010
- Van Doorn, G.H., Richardson, B.L., Symmons, M.A., & Wells, J. (2009). Adding thermal information to multisensory input in simulated environments. International Journal of Intelligent Defence Support Systems
- Van Doorn, G.H., Symmons, M.A., & Richardson, B.L. (2009). The importance of temperature information in virtual training environments. Proceedings of Simulation, Concepts, Capability and Technology Conference
- Symmons, M.A., Rose, G., & Van Doorn, G.H. (2009, June). Ecodrive as a road safety tool for Australian conditions. Report prepared for the Australian Transport Safety Bureau
- Symmons, M.A. (2009). Daytime running lights: A closer look at their justification for Australia. Proceedings 32nd Australasian Transport Research Forum. Auckland
- Symmons, M.A. (2009). Road safety and the environment. In J Langford & B Fildes (Eds), Australasian Road Safety Research Handbook: Vol IV. Sydney: Austroads
- Symmons, M.A., & Rose, G. (2009). Ecodrive training delivers substantial fuel savings for heavy vehicle drivers. Proceedings 5th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design, Big Sky, Montana
- Symmons, M.A., & Richardson, B.L. (2009). The equivalence of vision and haptics when matched spatiotemporally. Proceeedings World Haptics conference. Salt Lake City, Utah
- Stephan, K., Symmons, M., Hillard, P., Bohensky, M., Muir, C., & Lenne, M. (2009). Characteristics of fatal motorcycle crashes involving excessive and/or inappropriate speed. Presented at 9th National Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion. Melbourne, July 2009
- Rose, G., & Symmons, M.A. (2009). Training heavy vehicle drivers to reduce fuel consumption: Results from a pilot EcoDrive project. Proceedings Transportation Research Board (TRB) 88th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C
- Symmons, M.A. (2009). The equivalence of vision and haptics. Presented at Australian Experimental Psychology Conference, Wollongong, April
- Symmons, M.A. (2009). The use of a wiki-based assignment as an assessment tool. Presented at Australian Experimental Psychology Conference, Wollongong, April
- Van Doorn, G.H., & Wuillemin, D.B. (2009, July). Playing dead: The depiction and mistreatment of animals in video games. Minding Animals, Newcastle
- Symmons, M.A., Rose, G., & Van Doorn, G.H. (2008). The effectiveness of an ecodrive course for heavy vehicle drivers. Proceedings 2008 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference. Adelaide, South Australia 9-12 November 2008
- Rose, G., & Symmons, M.A. (2008). Testing EcoDriver training under Australian conditions. Proceedings, Australasian Transport Research Forum, Gold Coast, Queensland 30/9-3/10 2008
- Symmons, M.A., Richardson, B.L., & Wuillemin, D.B. (2008). Components of haptic information: Skin rivals kinesthesis. Perception, 37, 1596-160
- Candappa, N., Symmons, M., & Becker, L. (2008). Descriptive analysis of Victorian motorcycle count data. Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report prepared for VicRoads
- Stephan, K., Symmons, M., Hillard, P., Bohensky, M., Muir, C., & Lenne, M. (2008). Characteristics of fatal motorcycle crashes involving excessive and/or inappropriate speed. Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report prepared for VicRoads
- Symmons, M. (2008). Review of motorcycling countermeasures. Report prepared for VicRoads
- Symmons, M. (2008). The great ocean ride DVD survey. Report prepared for VicRoads
- Archer, J., Fotheringham, N., Symmons, M., & Corben, B. The impact of lowered speed limits in urban and metropolitan areas. Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report No. 276
- Symmons, M.A., Richardson, B.L., Wuillemin, D.B., & Van Doorn, G.H. (2007, March). Active vs. passive touch: The state of play & the future. World Haptics Conference, Tsukuba
- Richardson, B.L., Symmons, M.A., & Wuillemin, D.B. (2007). Movement and touch as haptic inputs: Implications for enaction, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Enactive Interfaces, 19 November 2007 to 24 November 2007, Association ACROE, Grenoble France, pp. 229-232
- Symmons, M., Mulvihill, C. & Haworth, N. (2007). Motorcycle crash involvement as a function of self assessed riding style and rider attitudes. Proceedings Australasian Road Safety 2007 Research Policing and Education Conference, 17-19 October, Melbourne
- Symmons, M. (2007). Fatigue as a crash factor: A comparison of definitions across Australian mass crash databases and application of those definitions to Victoria's data. Proceedings Australasian Road Safety 2007 Research Policing and Education Conference, 17-19 October, Melbourne
- Bugeja, L., Symmons, M., Brodie, L., Thorne, B., & Ibrahim, J. (2007). Development of a specialist investigation standard for heavy vehicle fatal collisions. Proceedings Australasian Road Safety 2007 Research Policing and Education Conference, 17-19 October, Melbourne
- Regan, M., Triggs, T., Mitsopoulos-Rubens, E., Symmons, M. & Tomasevic, N. (2007) 'Driving simulator evaluation of a vehicle rear-mounted heavy braking light with and without distraction', Proceedings 4th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training and Vehicle Design, 9-12 July, Washington, USA
- Symmons, M.A., Richardson, B.L., & Wuillemin, D.B. (2007). Intrasensory attention: Kinaesthetic versus cutaneous inputs. Perception, 36, 880-887
- Symmons, M.A., Richardson, B.L., & Wuillemin, D.B. (2007). Active vs passive touch: the state of play and the future. Published in conference proceedings of the 2007 WorldHaptics Conference, March, Tsukuba, Japan
- Symmons, M.A. (2007). Summary advice for Comcare on Burnley Tunnel crash regarding the heavy vehicle driven by <confidential>. Report prepared for Comcare
- Archer, J., Fotheringham, N., Symmons, M. & Corben, B. (2007). The impact of lowered speed limits in urban areas. Proceedings Australasian Road Safety 2007 Research Policing and Education Conference, 17-19 October, Melbourne
- Fotheringham, N., Mulvihill, C., Symmons, M., Candappa, N. & Corben, B. (2007). Development of future directions for Tasmanian road safety strategy 2007-2011. Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report prepared for Department of Infrastructure Energy and Resources
- Hosking, S., Mulvihill, C. & Symmons, M. (2007), Evaluation of associative learning methods to train drivers to give way to motorcyclists, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Report prepared for Vic Roads
- Richardson , B., Symmons, M., & Wuillemin, D. (2006). The contribution of virtual reality to research on sensory feedback in remote control.Virtual Reality , 9, 234-242
- Richardson , B., Symmons, M., & Wuillemin, D. (2006). Passive exploration and static skin might be more useful than previously assumed. World Haptics Conference, 3-6 July, Paris
- VanDoorn, G.H., Richardson , B.L., Wuillemin, D.B., & Symmons, M.A.(2006). Active and passive movements give rise to different judgements of coldness. Perception, 35, 573-575
- Richardson, B.L., Symmons, M.A., Wuillemin, D.B., & Van Doorn, G. H. (2005). Looking through a fingertip. World Haptics Conference, 18-20 March 2005, Pisa
- Richardson, B.L., Wuillemin, D.B., Symmons, M.A., & Accardi, R. (2005). The Exograsp delivers tactile and kinaesthetic information about virtual objects. Accepted for presentation at IEEE Tencon, November 2005, Melbourne
- Symmons, M.A., Richardson, B.L., Wuillemin, D.B., & Van Doorn, G.H.(2005). Active versus passive touch in three dimensions. Proceedings of World Haptics Conference, 108-113, IEEE Computer Society
- Symmons, M.A., Richardson, B.L., Wuillemin, D.B., & Van Doorn, G.H.(2005). Kinaesthetic and cutaneous contributions to raised-line stimulus interpretation. World Haptics Conference, 18-20 March 2005, Pisa
- Van Doorn, G.H., Richardson, B.L., Wuillemin, D.B., & Symmons, M.A. (2005). Modification of magnitude estimations in thermotactile perception during self- and externally-generated movements. Perception, 34(2), 231-236
- Wuillemin, D.B., VanDoorn, G.H., Richardson, B.L. & Symmons, M.A. (2005). Haptic and visual size judgements in virtual and real environments. Proceedings of World Haptics Conference, 86-89, IEEE Computer Society
- Lopez, O., Haigh, C., & Burney, S. (2004). Relationship between hardiness and perceived stress in two generations of Latin American migrants. Australian Psychologist, 39(3), 238-243
- Richardson, B.L., Symmons, M.A. & Wuillemin, D.B. (2004). The relative importance of cutaneous and kinaesthetic cues in raised line drawing identification. In S. Ballesteros & M. Heller (Eds) Touch Blindness and Neuroscience. Madrid: Universidad Nacional De Educacion a Distancia
- Richardson, B.L, Wuilllemin, D.B, & Symmons, M.A. (2004). Sensory feedback and remote control of machines in mining and extraterrestrial environments. Journal of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2, March/April, 53-56
- Symmons, M.A., Richardson, B.L., & Wuillemin, D.B. (2004). Active versus passive touch: Superiority depends more on the task than the mode. In S. Ballesteros & M. Heller (Eds) Touch Blindness and Neuroscience. Madrid: Universidad Nacional De Educacion a Distancia
- Wuillemin, D.B., Richardson, B.L. & Symmons, M.A. (2004). Misperceiving size A haptic illusion in two dimensions. In S. Ballesteros & M. Heller (Eds) Touch Blindness and Neuroscience. Madrid: Universidad Nacional De Educacion a Dist ancia
Theses
- Van Doorn, G. (2008). Reciprocity of visual and haptic influences on perception of bimodal stimulus size. Unpublished PhD thesis. Churchill: Monash University
- Fernandez, F. (2005). Face recognition benefits more from reinstatement of similar context than of same context. Unpublished MA thesis. Churchill: Monash University
- Jervis, C. (2005). Gestalt laws in vision and haptics. Unpublished MA thesis. Churchill: Monash University
- Symmons, M.A. (2005). Active and passive haptic exploration of two- and three-dimensional stimuli . Unpublished PhD thesis. Melbourne: Monash University
- Van Doorn, G.H. (2004). Modification of magnitude estimations in thermotactile perception during self- and externally-generated movements. Unpublished BA Hons thesis. Churchill: Monash University