scholarly journals Curvature perception in aging

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 197-197
Author(s):  
I. Legault ◽  
R. Allard ◽  
J. Faubert
Keyword(s):  
Curvature Perception

scholarly journals Influence of shape on haptic curvature perception

1999 ◽  
Vol 100 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid M.L.C. Vogels ◽  
Astrid M.L. Kappers ◽  
Jan J. Koenderink
Keyword(s):  
Curvature Perception

Curve shape and curvature perception through interactive sonification

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel A. Alonso-Arevalo ◽  
Simon Shelley ◽  
Dik Hermes ◽  
Jacqueline Hollowood ◽  
Michael Pettitt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Curve Shape ◽  
Curvature Perception

scholarly journals Expectation induced curvature perception in V2

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 502-502
Author(s):  
C. Mevo ◽  
Z. Kourtzi ◽  
Y. Tsal
Keyword(s):  
Curvature Perception

Two hands, one perception: how bimanual haptic information is combined by the brain

2012 ◽  
Vol 107 (2) ◽  
pp. 544-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Squeri ◽  
Alessandra Sciutti ◽  
Monica Gori ◽  
Lorenzo Masia ◽  
Giulio Sandini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Likelihood Estimation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Dominant Hand ◽  
Haptic Information ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Object Contour ◽  
Adult Participants ◽  
Perception Theory ◽  
Curvature Perception ◽  
The Brain

Humans routinely use both of their hands to gather information about shape and texture of objects. Yet, the mechanisms of how the brain combines haptic information from the two hands to achieve a unified percept are unclear. This study systematically measured the haptic precision of humans exploring a virtual curved object contour with one or both hands to understand if the brain integrates haptic information from the two hemispheres. Bayesian perception theory predicts that redundant information from both hands should improve haptic estimates. Thus exploring an object with two hands should yield haptic precision that is superior to unimanual exploration. A bimanual robotic manipulandum passively moved the hands of 20 blindfolded, right-handed adult participants along virtual curved contours. Subjects indicated which contour was more “curved” (forced choice) between two stimuli of different curvature. Contours were explored uni- or bimanually at two orientations (toward or away from the body midline). Respective psychophysical discrimination thresholds were computed. First, subjects showed a tendency for one hand to be more sensitive than the other with most of the subjects exhibiting a left-hand bias. Second, bimanual thresholds were mostly within the range of the corresponding unimanual thresholds and were not predicted by a maximum-likelihood estimation (MLE) model. Third, bimanual curvature perception tended to be biased toward the motorically dominant hand, not toward the haptically more sensitive left hand. Two-handed exploration did not necessarily improve haptic sensitivity. We found no evidence that haptic information from both hands is integrated using a MLE mechanism. Rather, results are indicative of a process of “sensory selection”, where information from the dominant right hand is used, although the left, nondominant hand may yield more precise haptic estimates.

Contribution of Slip Cue to Curvature Perception through Active and Dynamic Touch

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 408-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Zeng ◽  
Betty Lemaire-Semail ◽  
Frederic Giraud ◽  
Michel Amberg
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Touch ◽  
Curvature Perception

What are the Uncurved Lines in Our Visual Field? A Fresh Look at Helmholtz's Checkerboard

Perception ◽  
10.1068/p6288 ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 38 (9) ◽  
pp. 1284-1294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Augustinus H J Oomes ◽  
Jan J Koenderink ◽  
Andrea J van Doorn ◽  
Huib de Ridder
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Visual Field ◽  
Large Range ◽  
Geometrical Model ◽  
Checkerboard Pattern ◽  
Viewing Condition ◽  
Fixation Condition ◽  
Free Viewing ◽  
Close Range ◽  
Curvature Perception

What are the uncurved lines in our visual field? To answer this question, Helmholtz developed a geometrical model of line-curvature perception, and demonstrated it with his famous checkerboard pattern with pin-cushion distortion. He claimed it looked perfectly regular when viewed monocularly at close range while fixating the centre. Recently, doubts have been expressed whether this demonstration actually works. We tested twenty monocular, stationary observers who could adjust the distortion of a checkerboard pattern over a large range, from barrel-shaped to pin-cushion-shaped. Their task was to adjust the curvature of the edges of the checks such that the checkerboard looked straight and regular. In one condition they had to fixate the centre of the pattern, in another condition they were instructed to let their gaze wander. We found that most observers indeed perceived a pattern with pin-cushion distortion as undeformed, thereby seeing hyperbolic curves in the figure as uncurved lines in the visual field. They set a more strongly curved pattern in the fixation condition than in the free-viewing condition, as also described by Helmholtz. Interestingly, the effect is about half as strong as Helmholtz claimed. Furthermore, we found considerable inter-individual differences.

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