Haptic perception: A tutorial

Lederman, Susan J.; Klatzky, Roberta L.

doi:10.3758/app.71.7.1439

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“…Research on haptics (for a more complete presentation, see Lederman and Klatzky, 2009 for example) has initially concerned the psychophysics of tactile and kinesthetic perception. Haptic perception and representation are based on inputs from mechanoreceptors and thermoreceptor subsystems in the skin, as well as on position-sensing and force-sensing mechanisms that exist in muscles, tendons and joints (Lederman et al, 1996).…”

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Haptics and graphic analogies for the understanding of atomic force microscopy

Millet¹,

Lécuyer

Burkhardt³

et al. 2013

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

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This paper aims to evaluate the benefits of using virtual reality and force-feedback to help teaching nanoscale applications. We propose a teaching aid that combines graphic analogies and haptics intended to improve the grasp of non-intuitive nanoscale phenomena for people without prior knowledge of nanophysics. We look specifically at the most important nanophysical phenomenon, namely, the behavior of the probe of an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) as it approaches a sample. The results from experiments carried out with 45 students indicate that a "magnet-spring" analogy helped beginners to establish the link between the behavior of a probe and its force-distance curve. The addition of haptic feedback increased focus about forces and improved the interpretation of the effect of cantilever stiffness. Haptic feedback and the analogical representation were very much appreciated by the subjects and had an impact on the construction of a mental model. Taken together, our results show a positive influence of using haptic feedback and graphic analogies, especially when students are first exposed to the notions that are in effect at the nanoscale.

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Section: Benefits Of Haptics To Understanding Learning and Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Haptics and graphic analogies for the understanding of atomic force microscopy

Millet¹,

Lécuyer

Burkhardt³

et al. 2013

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

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“…However, because of the small number of sensory surfaces in these modalities, and the rigid constraints on their movement, the number of kinesthetic degrees of freedom is limited. In active touch or the haptic modality (7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13), the large number of sensory surfaces, and the nearly unlimited ways these surfaces can move, lead to the question of how movement can be represented and associated with the cutaneous or tactile signals. To study how tactile and kinesthetic cues are combined to haptically perceive object shape and size, we created a novel haptic stimulus in which these cues were completely dissociated.…”

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Direct coupling of haptic signals between hands

Dupin

Hayward

Wexler

2014

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Although motor actions can profoundly affect the perceptual interpretation of sensory inputs, it is not known whether the combination of sensory and movement signals occurs only for sensory surfaces undergoing movement or whether it is a more general phenomenon. In the haptic modality, the independent movement of multiple sensory surfaces poses a challenge to the nervous system when combining the tactile and kinesthetic signals into a coherent percept. When exploring a stationary object, the tactile and kinesthetic signals come from the same hand. Here we probe the internal structure of haptic combination by directing the two signal streams to separate hands: one hand moves but receives no tactile stimulation, while the other hand feels the consequences of the first hand's movement but remains still. We find that both discrete and continuous tactile and kinesthetic signals are combined as if they came from the same hand. This combination proceeds by direct coupling or transfer of the kinesthetic signal from the moving to the feeling hand, rather than assuming the displacement of a mediating object. The combination of signals is due to perception rather than inference, because a small temporal offset between the signals significantly degrades performance. These results suggest that the brain simplifies the complex coordinate transformation task of remapping sensory inputs to take into account the movements of multiple body parts in haptic perception, and they show that the effects of action are not limited to moving sensors.touch | haptics | perception | sensorimotor integration | kinesthesis M otor and kinesthetic signals arising from the movement of the eyes in the head, and translation of the eyes and ears in space due to head and body movements, have been shown to play an important role in visual (1-3) and auditory (4-6) perception. However, because of the small number of sensory surfaces in these modalities, and the rigid constraints on their movement, the number of kinesthetic degrees of freedom is limited. In active touch or the haptic modality (7-13), the large number of sensory surfaces, and the nearly unlimited ways these surfaces can move, lead to the question of how movement can be represented and associated with the cutaneous or tactile signals. To study how tactile and kinesthetic cues are combined to haptically perceive object shape and size, we created a novel haptic stimulus in which these cues were completely dissociated. This stimulus consisted of simulated triangles felt through a narrow slit, as in anorthoscopic perception in vision (14-16) or haptic perception (17), and as illustrated in Fig.

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“…The study aimed to examine the correspondence between perceptions of warmth, hardness and roughness and the physical properties of thermal effusivity, elastic modulus and surface roughness, respectively. Numerous psychophysical studies explore the fundamental perceptual factors affecting our experience of solid materials through the fingers [17,[26][27][28][29], but techniques of this kind had not been used to study oral sensation and perception before.…”

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Design tools for interdisciplinary translation of material experiences

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Designers increasingly have the opportunity to influence the development of materials as they emerge from the laboratory. In order for this to be successful, designers need to be able to communicate effectively with materials scientists so that materials can be developed with desired functionalities and properties. This paper reviews evidence in favour of using isomorphic sets of material stimuli as tools to bridge the disciplinary gap between designers and materials scientists.We show how these isomorphic sets and their accompanying experiments can be used to translate between the two communities, and to systematically explore the relationship between the technical attributes of materials and subjective experiences of their sound, taste and feel. This paper also explores the limitations of psychophysical approaches and other quantitative techniques for elucidating material experience, and suggests new possibilities for interdisciplinary collaborations that draw on ethnographic approaches.

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Haptic perception: A tutorial

Cited by 796 publications

References 171 publications

Haptics and graphic analogies for the understanding of atomic force microscopy

Haptics and graphic analogies for the understanding of atomic force microscopy

Direct coupling of haptic signals between hands

Design tools for interdisciplinary translation of material experiences

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