Mechanical invariants are implicated in dynamic touch as a function of their salience in the stimulus flow

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1093-1106

  Van De Langenberg, Rolf ^a,b,c   Kingma, Idsart ^a,b,c   Beek, Peter J ^a,b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Instituut voor Fundamentele en Klinische Bewegingswetenschappen Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^c Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic touch; Haptic perception; Inertia tensor; Length perception; Mass distribution; Mechanical properties; Object characteristics; Salience; Static moment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; STIMULATION; TOUCH;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH;

EID: 33749444735     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.32.5.1093     Document Type: Article

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