What Does a Hand-Over Tell?-Individuality of ShortMotion Sequences.

How much information with regard to identity and further individual participantcharacteristics are revealed by relatively short spatio-temporal motion trajectories of a person?We study this question by selecting a set of individual participant characteristics and analysingmotion captured trajectories of an exemplary class of familiar movements, namely handover of anobject to another person. The experiment is performed with different participants under different,predefined conditions. A selection of participant characteristics, such as the Big Five personalitytraits, gender, weight, or sportiness, are assessed and we analyse the impact of the three factor groups"participant identity", "participant characteristics", and "experimental conditions" on the observedhand trajectories.

Comparative whole-body kinematics of closely related insect species with different body morphology.

Legged locomotion through natural environments is very complex and variable. For example, leg kinematics may differ strongly between species, but even within the same species it is adaptive and context-dependent. Inter-species differences in locomotion are often difficult to interpret, because both morphological and ecological differences among species may be strong and, as a consequence, confound each other's effects.

[Automatic, electronic determination of resting time in small laboratory animals and the effect of psychopharmaceuticals].

The free movements of a small laboratory animal on the bottom of a cage, containing capacitive sensors, are measured as electrical signals which are then amplified, classified in a classification device and counted. With reference to the class of the highest sensitivity and by the choice of appropriate device parameters, signals are only counted during the time in which animal movements are below a level defined as rest. By this, the resting time can be determined which expresses the time in which animals are in the defined rest during the whole test time.