Human Haptic Perception: Basics and Applications (Hardcover)

Haptic perception: an historical approach.-German pioneers of research into human haptic perception.-British pioneers of research into human haptic perception.-Early psychological studies on touch in France.-Haptics in the United States before 1940.-Anatomy of receptors.-Physiological mechanisms of the receptor system.-Neural basis of haptic perception.-The neural bases of haptic working memory.-Neuronal plasticity of the haptic system.-Haptic perception in the human fetus.-Haptic behavior in social interaction.-Learning effects in haptic perception.-Implicit and explicit memory effects in haptic perception.-Attention in sense of touch.-Haptic object identification.-Haptic perceptual illusions.-Haptic perception in interaction with other senses.-Haptically evoked activation of visual cortex.-Haptic perception and synaesthesia.-Haptic perception in sexuality.-Haptic perception in space travel.-Phantom sensations.-The neuroscience and phenomenology of sensory loss.-Focal dystonia: diagnostic, therapy, rehabilitation.-Self-injurious behavior.-Haptic perception in infancy and first acquisition of object words: developmental and clinical approach.-Haptic perception in anorexia nervosa.-History of haptic interfaces.-Principles of haptic perception in virtual environments.-Haptic shape cues, invariants, priors, and interface design.-Design guidelines for generating force feedback on fingertips using haptic interfaces.-Haptic rendering and control.-Haptic perception in human robotic systems.-Haptic design of vehicle interiors at AUDI.-Visual-haptic interfaces in car design at BMW.-Haptics research at Daimler AG.-Haptic design of handles.-Vestibular sensory substitution using tongue electrotactile display.-The blind get a taste of vision.-Tactile ground surface indicators in public places.-Haptic walker - haptic foot device for gait rehabilitation.-Haptic sensing of virtual textiles.-Haptic discrimination of paper.-Haptic banknote design.-Get touched - bodycare as adesign of media for self-perception.-