Tactile search for change has less memory than visual search for change

Yoshida, Takako; Yamaguchi, Ayumi; Tsutsui, Hideomi; Wake, Tenji

doi:10.3758/s13414-014-0829-6

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“…Experiments that have demonstrated change blindness in touch (e.g., Yoshida et al, 2015) have typically removed any possibility of participants identifying the tangible stimuli. Their research paradigms used line orientation or spatial position as the change with simple straight, line-shaped vibrotactile configurations.…”

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“…Consequently, Experiment 6 provided a direct comparison of a haptic letter exchange position group with one in which new letters were substituted for old ones in the change task. This experiment was also intended to further test the extreme idea that when using touch, one has little or no understanding of the spatial relations in a complex display (e.g., Yoshida et al, 2015). It is important that this earlier report by Yoshida et al used patterns that were all identical, namely vibrotactile lines that varied in location or orientation.…”

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“…Relatively few studies have been conducted on detecting change in complex haptic 2-D arrays (see Gallace, Tan, & Spence, 2006;Heller et al, 2010). However, Yoshida, Yamaguchi, Tsutsui, & Wake (2015) reported extremely poor spatial memory for tactile change task performance compared with vision. Yoshida et al studied orientation and location changes of vibrotactile straight lines, and did not examine spatial memory in the context of graphics and pictures for touch.…”

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“…The haptic change task was difficult for participants, and this raised a number of important issues. One might wonder whether haptic spatial perception and memory pose special problems that are apparently absent in vision and that may vary by modality (see Yoshida et al, 2015). Yoshida et al argued that haptic spatial memory is severely limited and that this explains poor performance in tactile 2-D perception.…”

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The effects of familiarity and orientation in the haptic change task

Heller

Adams

Shuemaker

et al. 2020

Atten Percept Psychophys

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In seven experiments we examined haptic memory for location, item information, and orientation for 12 tangible pictures, geometrical forms, and letter shapes in the change task. The study evaluated the influence of stimulus familiarity on change task performance. In the change task, participants are exposed to an array of patterns and subsequently have to indicate which ones have been altered on a second array. We also sought to determine whether prior demonstrations of female advantages in the haptic change task were reliable (Heller et al., 2010). The present experiments failed to replicate gender differences, overall with large samples. When participants were told about the nature of the picture change they should anticipate (45°or 90°rotation, location exchange), comparable performance was found for the groups in Experiment 1. In another experiment, participants were not told what sort of change might occur, and higher performance was found for the 90°rotation group than for the location exchange and 45°groups. Participants benefited from explicit instructions about the nature of the change. Telling participants the names of the raised-line pictures during initial study improved both change performance with the pictures and subsequent recognition. Changes derived from the substitution of new tangible print capital letters were easier to detect than location exchanges of the letters. Changes from letters to geometrical shapes were easy to detect. High performance resulted when participants were told to indicate which tangible letters were turned (45°or 90°) or exchanged in a final experiment. The results suggest the importance of pattern familiarity in haptic spatial memory.

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The effects of familiarity and orientation in the haptic change task

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Shuemaker

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“…Mueller et al showed that occupation-related long-term sensory training enhances roughness discrimination 14 . Conversely, recent data shows that the tactile search for changes involves less memory than visual search for changes, because the working memory has higher availability for the visual system and the haptic perception has a poorer working memory capacity 15 .…”

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Development of a new haptic perception instrument: a pilot study

Nascimento

Martini

Voos

et al. 2015

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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Currently, therapists have difficulty assessing and describing hand sensory deficits. The gold-standard tool to quantify hand tactile sensitivity is the esthesiometer. The Semmes-Weinstein esthesiometer presents nylon monofilaments of approximately the same length and of varying diameters. The diameter and length are used to control the force applied. The minimal diameter detected is used to classify the sensory function 1 . However, not only tactile sensitivity, but also the ability to detect weight and compressibility variations are involved in hand function.The sensation of touch on skin is provided by mechanoreceptors in the epidermis and dermis skin layers. There are four types of mechanoreceptors: Merkel receptors detect pressure from small objects, on a frequency between 0.3 and 3.0 Hz. Meissner corpuscles detect flutter, e.g. when rubbing objects against the skin or skin movement across a surface, on a frequency between 3.0 to 40.0 Hz. Ruffini cylinders detect pressure and stretching of the skin, on higher frequencies, between 15.0 and 400.0 Hz 2 . Merkel disks and Ruffini cylinders are associated with slowly adapting fibers that respond as long as the stimulus is present. Meissner corpuscles respond to stimulation with a burst of firing at the beginning and end of stimulation, therefore, they are called rapidly adapting fibers AbstrACtObjective: Hand sensory tests do not consider distinct physiological receptors, nor detect normal range variations concerning developmental or pathological changes. We developed an instrument with a set of tests with timing and scoring for assessing haptic perception, which is the interaction between sensory and motor systems, in surfaces exploration, by moving hands. Method: Firstly, group meetings were set for test/manual conception and materials testing. The test/manual were submitted to 30 reviewers in 3 stages (10 reviewers on each stage). Results: The Hand Haptic Perception Instrument (HHPI) evaluates hand sensorimotor performance on six domains: depression, elevation, texture, compressibility, weight (barognosis) and form perception. Each domain requires specific materials. Score ranges from 0 to 57, being 0 the worst rating. Conclusion: This methodological process allowed the development of six domains and instructions to assess haptic perception. This version of HHPI is a pilot model. Further studies will determine reliability and normality ranges.Keywords: touch perception, form perception, weight perception, evaluation, hands. resumo Objetivo: Testes de sensibilidade manual não consideram receptores fisiológicos distintos, tampouco variações do desenvolvimento normal ou patológico. Desenvolvemos um instrumento, com pontuação e tempo de desempenho, para avaliar percepção háptica, que é a interação sensório-motora na exploração de superfícies, pelo movimento das mãos. Método: Reuniões de grupo foram estabelecidas para desenvolver os testes/manual e testar materiais. O instrumento e seu manual foram submetidos a 30 revisores, em 3 estágios (com 10 revisores em cad...

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Stories, journeys and smart maps: an approach to universal access

Wang

Crookes

Harding

et al. 2021

Univ Access Inf Soc

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This paper proposes a new approach to universal access based on the premise that humans have the universal capacity to engage emotionally with a story, whatever their ability. Our approach is to present the “story” of museum resources and knowledge as a journey, and then represent this journey physically as a smart map. The key research question is to assess the extent to which our “story” to journey to smart map’ (SJSM) approach provides emotional engagement as part of the museum experience. This approach is applied through the creation of a smart map for blind and partially sighted (BPS) visitors. Made in partnership with Titanic Belfast, a world-leading tourist attraction, the interactive map tells the story of Titanic’s maiden voyage. The smart map uses low-cost technologies such as laser-cut map features and software-controlled multi-function buttons for the audio description (AD). The AD is enhanced with background effects, dramatized personal stories and the ship’s last messages. The results of a reception study show that the approach enabled BPS participants to experience significant emotional engagement with museum resources. The smart model also gave BPS users a level of control over the AD which gave them a greater sense of empowerment and independence, which is particularly important for BPS visitors with varying sight conditions. We conclude that our SJSM approach has considerable potential as an approach to universal access, and to increase emotional engagement with museum collections. We also propose several developments which could further extend the approach and its implementation.

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Tactile search for change has less memory than visual search for change

Cited by 12 publications

References 36 publications

The effects of familiarity and orientation in the haptic change task

The effects of familiarity and orientation in the haptic change task

Development of a new haptic perception instrument: a pilot study

Stories, journeys and smart maps: an approach to universal access

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