Surface Stickiness Perception by Auditory, Tactile, and Visual Cues
This study aimed to explore the psychophysical bases of multisensory surface stickiness perception by investigating how sensitively humans perceive different levels of stickiness intensity conveyed by auditory, tactile, and visual cues. First, we sorted five different sticky stimuli by perceived int...
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doaj-c4e96985d1a440e7b7c5ad33ef1077042020-11-25T01:27:12ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782019-09-011010.3389/fpsyg.2019.02135471990Surface Stickiness Perception by Auditory, Tactile, and Visual CuesHyungeol Lee0Eunsil Lee1Jiye Jung2Junsuk Kim3Junsuk Kim4Department of Philosophy, Sogang University, Seoul, South KoreaDepartment of Psychology, Duksung Women’s University, Seoul, South KoreaDepartment of Psychology, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South KoreaCenter for Neuroscience Imaging Research, Institute for Basic Science, Suwon, South KoreaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South KoreaThis study aimed to explore the psychophysical bases of multisensory surface stickiness perception by investigating how sensitively humans perceive different levels of stickiness intensity conveyed by auditory, tactile, and visual cues. First, we sorted five different sticky stimuli by perceived intensity in ascending order for each modality separately and evaluated the discrimination sensitivities of each participant using a fitted psychometric curve. Results showed that perceptual intensity orders were not identical to physical intensity order and that the sequential order of perceived intensities for different modalities was inconsistent. Moreover, estimated perceptual sensitivities to surface stickiness indicated that auditory cues result in better discrimination sensitivity than tactile and visual cues. Second, we calculated the relative perceptual distances of stickiness intensities using multidimensional scaling. A follow-up statistical test demonstrated that the perceptual mapping of vision and touch are similar but that auditory perception is different. These results suggest that the discriminability of stickiness intensity is best served by auditory cues and that texture information processing in the auditory domain is distinctive from that of other modalities.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02135/fulltexture perceptionsurface stickinessauditory cuestactile cuesvisual cues |
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Surface Stickiness Perception by Auditory, Tactile, and Visual Cues |
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Surface Stickiness Perception by Auditory, Tactile, and Visual Cues |
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This study aimed to explore the psychophysical bases of multisensory surface stickiness perception by investigating how sensitively humans perceive different levels of stickiness intensity conveyed by auditory, tactile, and visual cues. First, we sorted five different sticky stimuli by perceived intensity in ascending order for each modality separately and evaluated the discrimination sensitivities of each participant using a fitted psychometric curve. Results showed that perceptual intensity orders were not identical to physical intensity order and that the sequential order of perceived intensities for different modalities was inconsistent. Moreover, estimated perceptual sensitivities to surface stickiness indicated that auditory cues result in better discrimination sensitivity than tactile and visual cues. Second, we calculated the relative perceptual distances of stickiness intensities using multidimensional scaling. A follow-up statistical test demonstrated that the perceptual mapping of vision and touch are similar but that auditory perception is different. These results suggest that the discriminability of stickiness intensity is best served by auditory cues and that texture information processing in the auditory domain is distinctive from that of other modalities. |
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texture perception surface stickiness auditory cues tactile cues visual cues |
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