Cognitive and tactile factors affecting human haptic performance in later life.

BACKGROUND: Vision and haptics are the key modalities by which humans perceive objects and interact with their environment in a target-oriented manner. Both modalities share higher-order neural resources and the mechanisms required for object exploration. Compared to vision, the understanding of hap...

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Main Authors: Tobias Kalisch, Jan-Christoph Kattenstroth, Rebecca Kowalewski, Martin Tegenthoff, Hubert R Dinse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3264587?pdf=render