TY - GEN
T1 - Formalizing cognitive and motor strategy of haptic exploratory movements of individuals who are blind
AU - Kahol, Kanav
AU - Tripathi, Priyamvada
AU - Panchanathan, Sethuraman
AU - Goldberg, Morris
PY - 2004/12/1
Y1 - 2004/12/1
N2 - Perception and action are closely related in the haptic modality. While there have been a few psychological studies exploring the haptic exploration procedures of blind and sighted individuals, the results of these studies have been very abstract and have not proven to be useful in the design of computer applications. In order to develop natural and intuitive haptic interfaces, deeper knowledge of haptic manual exploration strategies is needed. This paper details psychophysical experiments performed with individuals, who are blind or visually impaired, to understand their cognitive and motor exploration strategies. The paper further suggests how the exploration strategies discovered by these experiments can be used to design proactive haptic interfaces between humans and machines. Such haptic interfaces have great potential as an assistive technology for individuals who are blind.
AB - Perception and action are closely related in the haptic modality. While there have been a few psychological studies exploring the haptic exploration procedures of blind and sighted individuals, the results of these studies have been very abstract and have not proven to be useful in the design of computer applications. In order to develop natural and intuitive haptic interfaces, deeper knowledge of haptic manual exploration strategies is needed. This paper details psychophysical experiments performed with individuals, who are blind or visually impaired, to understand their cognitive and motor exploration strategies. The paper further suggests how the exploration strategies discovered by these experiments can be used to design proactive haptic interfaces between humans and machines. Such haptic interfaces have great potential as an assistive technology for individuals who are blind.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:15944417520
SN - 0780388178
T3 - Proceedings - 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and their Applications - HAVE 2004
SP - 25
EP - 30
BT - Proceedings - 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and their Applications - HAVE 2004
T2 - Proceedings - 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and their Applications - HAVE 2004
Y2 - 2 October 2004 through 3 October 2004
ER -