Campus: Building F2, Room 341
Phone: +49(0)641 / 99-26232
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Education
2016 - today
Doctoral Candidate in Experimental Psychology (University of Gießen)
Within the International Research Training Group (IRTG) 1901: The Brain in Action - BrainAct
Preliminary title of my project: "Integrating shape and material properties when handling objects", supervisors: Roland W. Fleming, Melvyn A. Goodale, and Jody C. Culham
2012 - 2015
Master of Science in Neurobiology (University of Bielefeld)
Behaviour: From Neural Mechanisms to Evolution
Thesis: "Goal babbling models of human non-linear skill learning", supervisor: Marc O. Ernst
2011 - 2014
Economics (part-time distance study at the Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Forschung und Weiterbildung Hagen)
Focus on Project and Strategic Management and Marketing
2009 - 2012
Bachelor of Science in Biology (University of Göttingen)
Thesis: "Plant diversity effects on the genetic and trophic diversity of Lepidocyrtus cyaneus", supervisor: Mark Maraun
2008 - 2009
Study abroad at University of California, Santa Cruz
Focus on Biological sciences and Economics
Research Interests
Visual perception of objects
Perception and action
Motor control of hand movements in 3D
Fellowships and Awards
Travel Award for the Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS)
Best Poster Award at the 42nd European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP)
Ph.D. Fellowship (3 years) within the International Research Training Group (IRTG) 1901: The Brain in Action - BrainAct
Rohde, M., Narioka, K., Steil, J., Klein, L.K., Ernst, M.O. (2019) Goal-Related Feedback Guides Motor Exploration and Redundancy Resolution in Human Motor Skill Acquisition. PLOS Computational Biology, 15(3): e1006676. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006676
Maiello, G.*, Paulun, V.C.*, Klein, L.K., Fleming, R.W. (2019) Object visibility, not energy expenditure, accounts for spatial biases in human grasp selection. i-Perception, 10(1), 1-5, https://doi:10.1177/2041669519827608
Klein, L.K., Maiello, G., Fleming, R.W., Voudouris, D. (2021) Friction is preferred over grasp configuration in precision grip grasping. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.13.426550
Klein, L.K., Maiello, Fleming, R.W., & Voudouris, D. (2021) Stability versus natural hand pose: Humans sacrifice their usual grasp configuration to choose stable grasp locations. 21st Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (Virtual VSS), St. Pete Beach, Florida
Klein, L.K., Maiello, Fleming, R.W., & Voudouris, D. (2021) Putting grasp stability in conflict with your natural hand pose. 63rd Conference of Experimental Psychologists (TeaP@home), Ulm, Germany
Maiello, G., Schepko, M., Klein, L.K., Paulun, V.C., & Fleming, R.W. (2019) Hand Pose Selection in Visually Guided Grasping. 42nd European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Leuven, Belgium
Maiello, G., Schepko, M., Klein, L.K., Paulun, V.C., & Fleming, R.W. (2019) Visual Judgements of Grasp Optimality. 19th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, St. Pete Beach, Florida
Klein, L.K., Maiello, G., Proklova, D., Chen, J., Paulun, V.C. , Culham, J.C. & Fleming, R.W. (2018) Predicting how we grasp arbitrary objects. 18th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, St. Pete Beach, Florida
Maiello, G., Klein, L.K., Paulun, V.C. & Fleming, R.W. (2017) Modelling Grip Point Selection in Human Precision Grip. MODVIS 2017, St. Pete Beach, Florida
Klein, L.K., Maiello, G., Paulun, V.C. & Fleming, R.W. (2017) Who's up for some heavy lifting? How three-dimensional shape and material properties determine precision grip grasp locations. 40th European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Berlin, Germany
Posters
Klein, L.K., Maiello, G., Schepko, M., Paulun, V.C., & Fleming, R.W. (2019) Grasping spheres with a twist: Mapping out end-state comfort. 42nd European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP), Leuven, Belgium
Klein, L.K., Maiello, G., Paulun, V.C., & Fleming, R.W. (2019) Which brain areas are responsible for which aspects of grasping?. 19th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, St. Pete Beach, Florida
Klein, L.K., Maiello, G., Proklova, D., Chen, J., Paulun, V.C., Culham, J.C., & Fleming, R.W. (2018) Predicting how we grasp arbitrary objects. 60th Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Marburg, Germany
Maiello, G., Paulun, V.C., Klein, L.K., & Fleming, R.W. (2018) The Sequential-Weight Illusion. 18th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, St. Pete Beach, Florida
Klein, L.K., Paulun, V.C., & Fleming, R.W. (2017) You break it, you buy it - effect of object shape on grasp locations. 17th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society, St. Pete Beach, Florida
Committees
2016 - today
Member of the IRTG steering committee (doctoral students' representative)
Additional Training
Workshops
Motion capture workshop, Kingston, ON, CAN
fMRI safety training, Gießen, GER
R package for psychophysical data analyses, Gießen, GER
Good Scientific Practice workshop, Marburg, GER
Project and Self-Management workshop, Gießen, GER
Writing Scientific Publications workshop, Marburg, GER
Strategic Career Planning workshop, Marburg, GER
Dynamics in Vision and Touch - Advanced training workshop, Rauischholzhausen Conference Centre, DE
Summer Schools
European Summer School: Visual Neuroscience - from Spikes to Awareness (2018), Rauischholzhausen Conference Centre, DE
Lab Visits
2019
1 week at the Brain and Mind Institute, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, CAN
Advisors: Jody C. Culham and Melvyn A. Goodale
2018
2 months at the Brain and Mind Institute, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, CAN
Advisors: Jody C. Culham and Melvyn A. Goodale
2018
1 week at the Brain and Mind Institute, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, CAN
Advisors: Jody C. Culham and Melvyn A. Goodale
2017
1 month at the Brain and Mind Institute, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, CAN
Advisors: Jody C. Culham and Melvyn A. Goodale
