BDC develops projects that examine the relationship between novel body movements and creativity. We are creating a system based on recent experimental evidence from cognitive science and neuroscience, showing that a common coding in the brain connects execution, perception and imagination of movements. The common coding idea suggests that executing novel movements improves imagination of novel movements. And this, in turn, improves creativity in scientific and artistic disciplines that emphasize movement. Supported by the National Science Foundation, grant #0757370.

Webpage
http://synlab.gatech.edu/projects/bdc/

Papers
I'm in the game: embodied puppet interface improves avatar control
Recognizing Self in Puppet Controlled Virtual Avatars
Ideomotor design: Using common coding theory to derive novel video game interactions
Giving your self to the game: transferring a player's own movements to avatars using tangible interfaces
Tangible Interfaces for Real-Time 3D Virtual Environments


Videos
Puppet Video