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Dynamic touch.

American PsychologistPublished 1 January 1996
M T Turvey
Citations32
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score3.20
SNIP3.63

TL;DR

A variety of recent experiments are reported, showing that in this kind of touching, which is closely connected with the states of muscles, the nervous system cleverly exploits the physics of rotations.

Abstract

People can perceive a number of spatial and other properties of objects, without the benefit of vision, simply by wielding and hefting the objects. A variety of recent experiments are reported, showing that in this kind of touching, which is closely connected with the states of muscles, the nervous system cleverly exploits the physics of rotations.

Keywords

Psychology