Marc Grosjean

TU Dortmund University, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors

Papers

Total Citations

132

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About

Marc Grosjean’s research sits at the fascinating intersection of human action perception, sensorimotor learning, and robotics. His most influential work, “Fitts’s Law Holds for Action Perception” (2007, 103 citations), is a landmark contribution that extends one of psychology’s most robust principles—the speed-accuracy trade-off in movement—to the perception of others’ actions. This finding fundamentally reshaped our understanding of how we interpret and predict the movements of those around us, bridging the gap between action execution and observation. Grosjean’s work also pioneers the application of sensorimotor principles to robotics, as seen in his studies on self-other distinction (2013, 13 and 5 citations). By demonstrating how a humanoid robot can learn to recognize its own actions through self-exploration, he has provided a critical framework for developing more autonomous and socially aware machines. His research elegantly combines cognitive psychology with artificial intelligence, offering profound insights into both human cognition and the design of intelligent systems. For students and researchers, Grosjean’s work is a compelling example of how foundational psychological laws can be tested and applied in novel, interdisciplinary contexts.