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Memory influences haptic perception of softness.

Metzger, A. and Drewing, K., 2019. Memory influences haptic perception of softness. Scientific Reports, 9, 1-10.

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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50835-4

Abstract

The memory of an object’s property (e.g. its typical colour) can affect its visual perception. We investigated whether memory of the softness of every-day objects influences their haptic perception. We produced bipartite silicone rubber stimuli: one half of the stimuli was covered with a layer of an object (sponge, wood, tennis ball, foam ball); the other half was uncovered silicone. Participants were not aware of the partition. They first used their bare finger to stroke laterally over the covering layer to recognize the well-known object and then indented the other half of the stimulus with a probe to compare its softness to that of an uncovered silicone stimulus. Across four experiments with different methods we showed that silicon stimuli covered with a layer of rather hard objects (tennis ball and wood) were perceived harder than the same silicon stimuli when being covered with a layer of rather soft objects (sponge and foam ball), indicating that haptic perception of softness is affected by memory.

Item Type:Article
ISSN:2045-2322
Uncontrolled Keywords:human behaviour; perception
Group:Faculty of Science & Technology
ID Code:37186
Deposited By: Symplectic RT2
Deposited On:14 Jul 2022 13:43
Last Modified:14 Jul 2022 13:43

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