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Anisotropy in the extended haptic perception of longitudinal distances.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10598467     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Using horizontal rotational motions of a hand-held rod, participants in four experiments probed the aperture between two blocks separated in depth. The farther block could be either on the outer or on the inner side of the hand-rod system, defining apertures of opposite sense. The participants reported the perceived size of the in-depth intervals by adjusting, with the nonprobing hand, the lateral separation between two blocks or the egocentric distances of two blocks. Over variations in hand and geometric arrangement of stimulus and report blocks, perceived aperture size depended on the aperture's sense: Apertures with the farther edge on the outer side of the hand-rod were reported as being larger than their mirror image counterparts. The effect was not observed in judgments of a single edge distance (Experiment 5); it was configuration dependent. The sense effect would not be expected from the physical quantity accommodating perceived frontal apertures. Possible expansions of the physical model are discussed.
Authors:
D Barac-Cikoja; M T Turvey
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Perception & psychophysics     Volume:  61     ISSN:  0031-5117     ISO Abbreviation:  Percept Psychophys     Publication Date:  1999 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2000-02-02     Completed Date:  2000-02-02     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0200445     Medline TA:  Percept Psychophys     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1522-36     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA. dragana.barac-cikoja@gallaudet.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Anisotropy*
Attention
Depth Perception
Distance Perception*
Female
Functional Laterality
Humans
Male
Psychomotor Performance*
Psychophysics
Size Perception
Stereognosis*
Touch*

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