Dorothy Cowie
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Dorothy Cowie is a leading researcher in motor development, sensorimotor control, and human-machine interaction, with a particular focus on how individuals perceive and coordinate their bodies in space. Her work bridges developmental psychology and robotics, exploring how children and adults adapt to novel physical augmentations. In her highly cited 2024 paper, "Evaluating initial usability of a hand augmentation device across a large and diverse sample" (17 citations), Cowie demonstrated that user age, body morphology, and ability level critically shape the usability of wearable robotic hands—a key insight for designing inclusive motor augmentation technologies. This study, part of a broader program on the "sixth finger" and supernumerary limbs, has informed both rehabilitation engineering and human-robot collaboration. Cowie’s research has been supported by major grants from the European Research Council and the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Her work is widely recognized for its rigorous, large-scale experimental designs that challenge one-size-fits-all assumptions in motor augmentation, making her a pivotal figure in the emerging field of human-machine integration.
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