Knowing Hands

David A. Rosenbaum is a cognitive psychologist whose main interests are human perception and performance. He attended Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania and Stanford University, California, where he received his PhD. He worked at Bell Laboratories, Hampshire College, Amhert, Massachusetts, the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Pennsylvania State University. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. Rosenbaum was the Editor of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance and a recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship.

• Preface ; 1. Introducing hands; 2. Building hands; 3. Energizing hands; 4. Willing hands; 5. Seeing hands; 6. Hearing hands; 7. Feeling hands; 8. Joining hands; 9. Extending hands; Notes; References; Index.

'Rosenbaum's argument that hand actions reflect tremendous knowledge is both compelling and important. Moreover, there may be no person better suited in either expertise or style to write such a book. It is clear, accessible, and often quite amusing. It reads as if it were being narrated with great enthusiasm.' Jeffrey B. Wagman, Illinois State University