Vision for Action

Aug 11, 2025 · 1 min read

Generally, we are interested in how visual information is used for the planning and guidance of our actions in both real and virtual environments. Virtual reality is rapidly transforming entertainment and skill training. We investigate whether people behave similarly in real and virtual environments, and which information is critical to preserve natural behaviour in VR.

Funding

  • UKRI ESRC — Responsive Mode Grant (ES/V005170/1)
    Adventures in mirror world: Uncovering the cognitive and sensory basis for natural behaviour in virtual reality.
    2021-2025 — £598,392 — PI — Grant page
  • Leverhulme Trust — Research Grant
    Handle with Care: Material Properties in Vision and Action Control
    2018–2021 — £200,344
  • Carnegie Trust — Collaborative Grant
    Memory and motor performance: Studying human grasping movements
    2014–2016 — £39,752
  • DFG — Postdoctoral research fellowship
    Paralysed perception: Is the ventral stream involved in visuomotor control of hand movements
    2009–2012 — ~£60,000
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Constanze Hesse
Authors
Constanze Hesse
Principal Investigator