Discrimination of consonant articulation location by tactile stimulation of the forearm

2010 IEEE Haptics Symposium, HAPTICS 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 47-54

  Wong, Elaine Y ^a   Israr, Ali ^a,b   O'Malley, Marcia K ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DISNEY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

H.1.2 models and principles : user machine systems human factors; H.5.2 information interfaces and representation : user interfaces haptic I O; Perception and Psychology; Sensory substitution; Speech communication; Tactile perception

Indexed keywords

H.1.2 [MODELS AND PRINCIPLES]: USER/MACHINE SYSTEMS - HUMAN FACTORS; H.5.2 [INFORMATION INTERFACES AND REPRESENTATION]: USER INTERFACES - HAPTIC I/O; HAPTIC I/O; INFORMATION INTERFACES; SENSORY SUBSTITUTION; TACTILE PERCEPTION;

HAPTIC INTERFACES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

LINGUISTICS;

EID: 77952725017     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HAPTIC.2010.5444681     Document Type: Conference Paper

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