The role of vibration in the tactual perception of roughness.
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Publications and source records attributed to S J Lederman.
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Three experiments were performed involving the perception of surface texture. Experiment 1 indicated that when vision and touch are presented with discrepant information concerning texture, the two senses appear to weight the information about equally. Moreover, Experiment 2 showed that using touch, vision, or touch and vision, subjects performed a texture identification task with comparable matching accuracy and precision. Experiment 3 demonstrated that using the same three modes, subjects performed a magnitude estimation task similarly, in terms of magnitude estimates of roughness, the rates of growth of perceived roughness, and response precision. The comparability of the two senses in texture-related tasks may underlie the relatively equal compromise between discrepant sources of texture information demonstrated in Experiment (modality superiority interpretation). Such a compromise is somewhat different from that commonly reported in the sensory conflict literature. The relative weighting of multiple sources of sensory information about surface texture was also considered in terms of a directed-attention interpretation of intersensory organization.
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A set of three studies was designed to investigate the role of touch-produced sounds in the perception of surface texture. Subjects were capable of judging roughness on the basis of sounds alone. Auditory judgments were similar, but not identical to corresponding haptic touch judgments. When both sources of information were available, subjects tended to use the tactile cues. The nature of the auditory stimulus for roughness is considered.
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A computerized bibliography of references relating to "touch" has been prepared. It currently contains approximately 4000 references which belong under the following general categories--physiology and neurophysiology; sensation; perception; cognition; social, cultural, and developmental issues; clinical pathology; the deaf and blind; tactile communication and tactile aesthetics. References have been obtained primarily from the Psychological Abstracts, with classification codes added on the basis of the abstract's content. Master copies and keyword searches may be obtained on the most up-to-date version of the bibliography.
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482 articles and books are presented in alphabetical order. The bibliographaphy surveys the English language literature on early perceptual development in animals and humans during the period 1967-1974, inclusive.