Mechanical and psychophysical studies of surface wave propagation during vibrotactile stimulation

IEEE Transactions on Haptics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 320-329

  Sofia, Katherine O ^a   Jones, Lynette ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

and virtual environments; hardware and software that enable touch based interactions with real; remote; tactile communication; Touch based properties and capabilities of the human user

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE OF OSCILLATION; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; HUMAN USERS; PERCEPTUAL THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSICAL STUDIES; REMOTE; TACTILE COMMUNICATIONS; TACTILE DISPLAY;

DISPLAY DEVICES; EXPERIMENTS; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); VIRTUAL REALITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SURFACE WAVES;

ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STIMULATION; TOUCH; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883829327     PISSN: 19391412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TOH.2013.1     Document Type: Article

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