A heuristic to capture multi-directional lateral tactile perception

• Published in: Theoretical issues in ergonomics science Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 493 - 507
• Main Authors: Placencia, Greg, Rahimi, Mansour, Khoshnevis, Behrokh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis Group 01.07.2012; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Distortion; Fingers; Haptics; Heuristic; just noticeable difference; Mathematical analysis; multi-directional tactile perception; percept vector; Perception; response magnitude; Systems design; Tactile; Tactile transducers

Multi-directional tactile perception adds significant complexity when interpreting haptic experimental data. In perceiving tactile stimulus direction, we often observe a lack of one-to-one stimulus-response compatibility, mostly due to confounding sensations that reinforce and/or distort a primary s...