The spatio-temporal architecture of everyday manual behavior

Experimental procedure

Thirty-six healthy participants (mean age 26.61, females 16, males 20) performed reach-to-grasp movements while interacting with everyday objects aimed at preparing and having breakfast. The objects used⁴ were: a placemat, a napkin, a plate, a fork, a knife, a spoon, a glass, a bottle of water, a jug, a tea bag, a coffee cup, a cup, a sachet of sugar, a teaspoon, a circular ashtray, a packet of cigarettes, a toothpick, a jar, a frying pan, an egg and a salt container. The height, weight and diameter (or width) of each object is reported in Table S1. Subjects were…