The contributions of egocentric and allocentric reference frames in haptic spatial tasks

• Published in: Acta psychologica Vol. 117; no. 3; pp. 333 - 340
• Main Author: Kappers, Astrid M.L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.11.2004; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Female; Frame of reference; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Haptics; Humans; Male; Orientation - physiology; Parallel; Perception; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Space; Space Perception - physiology; Tactile perception; Touch - physiology; Space; 2320; Haptics; Parallel; Frame of reference; Human; Tactile sensitivity; Perception; Cognition; Space perception; Experimental study

The influence of egocentric and allocentric reference frames on performance in haptic spatial tasks, was tested in three conditions. Blindfolded subjects had to make two bars haptically parallel, perpendicular or mirrored in the midsagittal plane. The hypothesis is that the contributions of egocentr...