Haptic discrimination of different types of pencils during writing

Ergonomics

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 684-689

  Giachritsis, Christos D ^a   I'Anson, Steve ^b   Prytherch, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pencil and paper; Psychophysics; Stochastic variations; Vibrotactile sensitivity

Indexed keywords

DRAWING INTERFACES; FINE ARTS; HAPTIC FEEDBACKS; HAPTIC SYSTEMS; PENCIL AND PAPER; PRINTING PAPERS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STOCHASTIC VARIATION; TEXTURED SURFACE; TRIBOLOGICAL TESTS; VIBROTACTILE;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS;

ADULT; ART; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; DEVICES; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; PAPER; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH;

ART; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HANDWRITING; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; PAPER; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051767299     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2011.595511     Document Type: Article

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