Multisensory Softness by Massimiliano Di Luca

Multisensory Softness by Massimiliano Di Luca

Offers a unique multidisciplinary overview of how humans interact with soft objects and how multiple sensory signals are used to perceive material properties, with an emphasis on object deformability. The authors describe a range of setups that have been employed to study and exploit sensory signals involved in interactions with compliant objects as well as techniques to simulate and modulate softness – including a psychophysical perspective of the field.

Multisensory Softness focuses on the cognitive mechanisms underlying the use of multiple sources of information in softness perception. Divided into three sections, the first Perceptual Softness deals with the sensory components and computational requirements of softness perception, the second Sensorimotor Softness looks at the motor components of the interaction with soft objects and the final part Artificial Softness focuses on the identification of exploitable guidelines to help replicate softness in artificial environments.

Argiro Vatakis, Ph.D. (2007, Oxford University) is a Researcher at the Cognitive Systems Research Institute, Greece. She is the co-founder of the Timing Research Forum and co-editor-in-chief of the journals Timing & Time Perception and Timing & Time Perception: Reviews.

Fuat Balcı, Ph.D. (2007, Rutgers University) is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Ko� University, Turkey. He has published extensive theoretical and empirical work on interval timing and decision making in humans and animals.

Massimiliano Di Luca, Ph.D. (2006, Brown University) is a Research Scientist at Oculus and Lecturer in Computational Neuroscience at the University of Birmingham. He has published journal and conference articles on computational models of multisensory integration, time perception, VR, and haptics.

�ngel Correa, Ph.D. (2005, University of Granada) is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Ergonomics at Universidad de Granada, Spain. His research focuses on time perception, attention, and circadian rhythms in humans.

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ISBN 13	9781447170617
ISBN 10	144717061X
Title	Multisensory Softness
Author	Massimiliano Di Luca
Series	Springer Series On Touch And Haptic Systems
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Springer London Ltd
Year published	2016-09-17
Number of pages	257
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