Susan Lederman

{{short description|Canadian experimental psychologist}}

Susan J. Lederman {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|FRSC}} is a Canadian experimental psychologist. She is a professor emerita in the Department of Psychology at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.{{Cite web|url=https://www.queensu.ca/psychology/people/emeritus-and-retired-faculty/susan-lederman|title=Susan Lederman {{!}} Department of Psychology|last=|first=|date=|website=Queen's University|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-05}} She is recognized for her contributions to the field of haptics.{{Cite journal|last=Verry|first=René|date=1998|title=Don't Take Touch for Granted: An Interview with Susan Lederman|journal=Teaching of Psychology|language=en|volume=25|issue=1|pages=64–67|doi=10.1207/s15328023top2501_21|s2cid=145252018 |issn=0098-6283}}{{Cite news|last=Boswell|first=Randy|date=2001-03-09|title=Technology would allow 'touch' on Web|pages=1|work=The Ottawa Citizen|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51921564/technology-would-allow-touch-on-web/|access-date=2020-05-23}}

Lederman earned a B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1968; an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin in 1970; and a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1973.

Lederman's research has examined, among other topics, the tactile psychophysics of texture perception,{{Cite journal|last1=Lederman|first1=Susan J.|last2=Thorne|first2=Georgie|last3=Jones|first3=Bill|date=1986|title=Perception of texture by vision and touch: Multidimensionality and intersensory integration.|journal=Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance|language=en|volume=12|issue=2|pages=169–180|doi=10.1037/0096-1523.12.2.169|pmid=2940321 |issn=1939-1277}}{{Cite journal|last=Lederman|first=Susan J.|date=1983|title=Tactual roughness perception: Spatial and temporal determinants.|journal=Canadian Journal of Psychology|language=en|volume=37|issue=4|pages=498–511|doi=10.1037/h0080750|issn=0008-4255}} and the haptic processing of objects{{Cite journal|last1=Lederman|first1=Susan J|last2=Klatzky|first2=Roberta L|date=1990|title=Haptic classification of common objects: Knowledge-driven exploration|journal=Cognitive Psychology|language=en|volume=22|issue=4|pages=421–459|doi=10.1016/0010-0285(90)90009-S|pmid=2253454 |s2cid=6619282 }}{{Cite journal|last1=Klatzky|first1=Roberta L.|last2=Lederman|first2=Susan J.|last3=Metzger|first3=Victoria A.|date=1985|title=Identifying objects by touch: An "expert system"|journal=Perception & Psychophysics|language=en|volume=37|issue=4|pages=299–302|doi=10.3758/BF03211351|pmid=4034346 |issn=0031-5117|doi-access=free}} and faces.{{Cite journal|last1=Kilgour|first1=Andrea R.|last2=Lederman|first2=Susan J.|date=2002|title=Face recognition by hand|journal=Perception & Psychophysics|language=en|volume=64|issue=3|pages=339–352|doi=10.3758/BF03194708|pmid=12049276 |issn=0031-5117|doi-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last1=Lederman|first1=S.J.|last2=Klatzky|first2=R.L.|last3=Abramowicz|first3=A.|last4=Salsman|first4=K.|last5=Kitada|first5=R.|last6=Hamilton|first6=C.|date=2007|title=Haptic Recognition of Static and Dynamic Expressions of Emotion in the Live Face|journal=Psychological Science|language=en|volume=18|issue=2|pages=158–164|doi=10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01866.x|pmid=17425537|s2cid=18413103 |issn=0956-7976}} She led a research project to design and test the addition of a tactile feature to Canadian banknotes, in order to increase their accessibility to blind and visually impaired users.{{Cite web|url=https://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2001-01-19/news/profs-contributed-new-10-bill/|title=Profs contributed to new $10 bill|last=Pedwell|first=Carolyn|date=2001-01-19|website=Queen's Journal|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-05}} She was formerly the Associate Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE journal Transactions on Haptics.{{Cite journal|last=Colgate|first=J. Edward|date=2010|title=An Interview with Susan Lederman|journal=IEEE Transactions on Haptics|volume=3|issue=4|pages=231–233|doi=10.1109/TOH.2010.48|issn=1939-1412}}