01351nas a2200157   4500008004100000245008400041210006900125300001200194520078500206653001200991100001301003700001401016700002001030700001501050856012801065       2004                        eng d00aIntegration of Tactile Flow from Multi-Finger and Multi-Dimensional Information0 aIntegration of Tactile Flow from MultiFinger and MultiDimensiona  a282-2893 a<p>In this paper we pursue an investigation on the role of perceptual flow in the tactile domain, which appears to be a primary source for information such as shape, motion and softness. In this paper, we report on a set of psychophysical experiments involving how humans integrate incoherent tactile flow stimuli. Two experiments are reported, whereby discordant stimuli are conveyed to the subject by two different fingertips, or by two different families of mechanoreceptors in the same finger. Results from the first experiment show that, in these conditions, the tactile and the optic perceptive systems act in a very similar way. In the second experiment the interaction between tactile flow and friction generate an illusory phenomenon peculiar of the tactile system.</p>
10aHaptics1 aDente, D1 aPisani, A1 aScilingo, E. P.1 aBicchi, A.  uhttp://www.centropiaggio.unipi.it/publications/integration-tactile-flow-multi-finger-and-multi-dimensional-information.html