Anisotropy in the haptic perception of force direction and magnitude

IEEE Transactions on Haptics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 399-407

  Van Beek, Femke E ^a   Tiest, Wouter M Bergmann ^a   Kappers, Astrid M L ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

anisotropy; arm mechanics; Force direction; force magnitude; human perception; psychophysics

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINATION TASKS; FORCE DIRECTION; FORCE FEEDBACK DEVICES; FORCE MAGNITUDE; HAPTIC PERCEPTION; HUMAN ABILITIES; HUMAN PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

STIFFNESS;

ANISOTROPY;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARM; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MECHANICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SHOULDER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARM; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER;

EID: 84890517558     PISSN: 19391412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TOH.2013.37     Document Type: Article

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