Eugenia Garza, an undergraduate kinesiology major, has been awarded an Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) grant for her project, “Perceiving affordances for volleyball serving in virtual reality.”

Garza’s study seeks to understand “action responses” to evaluate affordance perception in volleyball. Using hand sensors and VR software to track ball trajectory, the study asks where participants choose to transition from underhand to overhand strikes.

Garza’s research will be conducted in the Affordance Perception-Action Laboratory (APAL) under the supervision of lab director, Thomas Stoffregen, PhD, professor in the School of Kinesiology.