Phone: (412) 268-8026
Fax: (412) 268-2798
Email: klatzky@andrew.cmu.edu

Individual Website: http://www.psy.cmu.edu/faculty/klatzky/index.html

Ph.D., Stanford University

Research Interests

Klatzky's research interests are in human perception and cognition, with special emphasis on spatial cognition and haptic perception. She has done extensive research on human haptic and visual object recognition, navigation under visual and nonvisual guidance, and perceptually guided action. Her work has application to navigation aids for the blind, haptic interfaces, exploratory robotics, image-guided surgery, and virtual environments. Professor Klatzky is the author of over 200 articles and chapters, and she has authored or edited 7 books.

Recent Publications

• Wu B, Klatzky RL, Shelton D, Stetten G: Mental concatenation of perceptually and cognitively specified depth to represent locations in near space. Exp Brain Res 184(3): 295-305, 2008.

• Lederman SJ, Klatzky RL, Abramowicz A, Salsman K, Kitada R, Hamilton C: Haptic recognition of static and dynamic expressions of emotion in the live face. Psychol Sci 18: 158-164, 2007.

• Klatzky RL, Marston JR, Guidice NA, Golledge RG, Loomis JM: Cognitive load of navigating without vision when guided by virtual sound versus spatial language. J Exp Psychol Appl 12: 223-233, 2006.

• Reed CL, Klatzky RL, Halgren E: What versus where in touch: An fMRI study. Neuroimage 25: 718-726, 2005.
• Wu B, Klatzky RL, Shelton D. Stetten G: Psychophysical evaluation of in-situ ultrasound visualization. IEEE Trans Vis Comput Graph (Special Issue: Haptics, Virtual and Augmented Reality) 11: 684-699, 2005.
• Brewer BR, Klatzky R, Matsuoka Y: Visual feedback distortion in a robotic rehabilitation environment. Proc of the IEEE, (In Press).
• Klatzky Rl, Guidice NA, Marston JR, Tietz J. Golledge RG, Loomis JM. An N-back task using vibrotactile stimulation with comparison to an auditory analogue. Beh Res Methods, (In Press).