Title :
Haptic illusions induced by moving line stimuli
Author :
Mochiyama, Hiromi ; Sano, Akihito ; Takesue, Naoyuki ; Kikuuwe, Ryo ; Fujita, Kei ; Fukuda, Shinji ; Marui, Ken´Ichi ; Fujimoto, Hideo
Author_Institution :
Touch Technol. Lab., Nagoya Inst. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
In this paper, we report some observations related to a haptic illusion called the velvet hand illusion (VHI) in which we can feel a strange velvety sensation when we lightly rub a wire mesh of hexagonal pattern between our hands, keeping our hands pressed gently together. Moving line stimuli are used to find the conditions for eliciting the illusion in order to understand its mechanism deeply.
Keywords :
haptic interfaces; neurophysiology; touch (physiological); VHI; haptic illusion; moving line stimuli; velvet hand illusion; velvety sensation; Fingers; Haptic interfaces; Humans; Information processing; Laboratories; Nose; Robotics and automation; Virtual environment; Virtual manufacturing; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Eurohaptics Conference, 2005 and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2005. World Haptics 2005. First Joint
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2310-2
DOI :
10.1109/WHC.2005.69
