Haptic perception human beings' active sense of touch is the most complex of human sensory systems, and has taken on growing importance within varied scientific disciplines as well as in practical industrial fields. This book's international team of authors presents the most comprehensive collection of writings on the subject published to date and cover the results of research as well as practical applications. After an introduction to the theory and history of the field, subsequent chapters are dedicated to the neuro-physiological basics as well as the psychological and clinical neuro-psychological aspects of haptic perception.

Haptic perception: an historical approach	p. 3
German pioneers of research into human haptic perception	p. 15
British pioneers of research into human haptic perception	p. 41
Early psychological studies on touch in France	p. 55
Haptics in the United States before 1940	p. 67
Anatomy of receptors	p. 85
Physiological mechanisms of the receptor system	p. 93
Neural basis of haptic perception	p. 103
The neural bases of haptic working memory	p. 113
Neuronal plasticity of the haptic system	p. 131
Haptic perception in the human foetus	p. 149
Haptic behavior in social interaction	p. 155
Learning effects in haptic perception	p. 165
Implicit and explicit memory effects in haptic perception	p. 183
Attention in sense of touch	p. 199
Haptic object identification	p. 207
Haptic perceptual illusions	p. 223
Haptic perception in interaction with other senses	p. 235
Haptically evoked activation of visual cortex	p. 251
Haptic perception and synaesthesia	p. 259
Haptic perception in sexuality	p. 268
Haptic perception in space travel	p. 273
Phantom sensations	p. 283
The neuroscience and phenomenology of sensory loss	p. 295
Focal dystonia: diagnostic, therapy, rehabilitation	p. 303
Self-injurious behavior	p. 313
Haptic perception in infancy and first acquisition of object words: developmental and clinical approach	p. 321
Haptic perception in anorexia nervosa	p. 335
History of haptic interface	p. 355
Principles of haptic perception in virtual environments	p. 363
Haptic shape cues, invariants, priors and interface design	p. 381
Design guidelines for generating force feedback on fingertips using haptic interfaces	p. 393
Haptic rendering and control	p. 411
Haptic perception in human robotic systems	p. 427
Haptic design of vehicle interiors at AUDI	p. 439
Visual-haptic interfaces in car design at BMW	p. 445
Haptics research at Daimler AG	p. 453
Haptic design of handles	p. 459
Vestibular sensory substitution using tongue electrotactile display	p. 467
The blind get a taste of vision	p. 481
Tactile ground surface indicators in public places	p. 491
HapticWalker - haptic foot device for gait rehabilitation	p. 501
Haptic sensing of virtual textiles	p. 513
Haptic discrimination of paper	p. 525
Haptic banknote design	p. 537
Get touched - bodycare as a design of media for self-perception	p. 549
References	p. 559
List of contributors	p. 641
Glossary	p. 645
Index	p. 659
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