PMID: 8961837Nov 1, 1996Paper

Role of gravitational cues in the haptic perception of orientation

Perception & Psychophysics
Edouard Gentaz, Y Hatwell

Abstract

The haptic perception of vertical, horizontal, +45 degrees-oblique, and +135 degrees-oblique orientations was studied in adults. The purpose was to establish whether the gravitational cues provided by the scanning arm-hand system were involved in the haptic oblique effect (lower performances in oblique orientations than in vertical-horizontal ones) and more generally in the haptic coding of orientation. The magnitude of these cues was manipulated by changing gravity constraints, and their variability was manipulated by changing the planes in which the task was performed (horizontal, frontal, and sagittal). In Experiment 1, only the horizontal plane was tested, either with the forearm resting on the disk supporting the rod ("supported forearm" condition) or with the forearm unsupported in the air. In the latter case, antigravitational forces were elicited during scanning. The oblique effect was present in the "unsupported" condition and was absent in the "supported" condition. In Experiment 2, the three planes were tested, either in a "natural" or in a "lightened forearm" condition in which the gravitational cues were reduced by lightening the subject's forearm. The magnitude of the oblique effect was lower in the "lightened" co...Continue Reading

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