Midfrontal theta oscillation encodes haptic delay

Abstract Haptic technologies aim to simulate tactile or kinesthetic interactions with a physical or virtual environment in order to enhance user experience and/or performance. However, due to stringent communication and computational needs, the user experience is influenced by delayed haptic feedbac...

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Autores principales: Haneen Alsuradi, Wanjoo Park, Mohamad Eid
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:9882acfb14f84d68adbdc2dabe1563c32021-12-02T15:09:16ZMidfrontal theta oscillation encodes haptic delay10.1038/s41598-021-95631-12045-2322https://doaj.org/article/9882acfb14f84d68adbdc2dabe1563c32021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95631-1https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Haptic technologies aim to simulate tactile or kinesthetic interactions with a physical or virtual environment in order to enhance user experience and/or performance. However, due to stringent communication and computational needs, the user experience is influenced by delayed haptic feedback. While delayed feedback is well understood in the visual and auditory modalities, little research has systematically examined the neural correlates associated with delayed haptic feedback. In this paper, we used electroencephalography (EEG) to study sensory and cognitive neural correlates caused by haptic delay during passive and active tasks performed using a haptic device and a computer screen. Results revealed that theta power oscillation was significantly higher at the midfrontal cortex under the presence of haptic delay. Sensory correlates represented by beta rebound were found to be similar in the passive task and different in the active task under the delayed and synchronous conditions. Additionally, the event related potential (ERP) P200 component is modulated under the haptic delay condition during the passive task. The P200 amplitude significantly reduced in the last 20% of trials during the passive task and in the absence of haptic delay. Results suggest that haptic delay could be associated with increased cognitive control processes including multi-sensory divided attention followed by conflict detection and resolution with an earlier detection during the active task. Additionally, haptic delay tends to generate greater perceptual attention that does not significantly decay across trials during the passive task.Haneen AlsuradiWanjoo ParkMohamad EidNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
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Haneen Alsuradi
Wanjoo Park
Mohamad Eid
Midfrontal theta oscillation encodes haptic delay
description Abstract Haptic technologies aim to simulate tactile or kinesthetic interactions with a physical or virtual environment in order to enhance user experience and/or performance. However, due to stringent communication and computational needs, the user experience is influenced by delayed haptic feedback. While delayed feedback is well understood in the visual and auditory modalities, little research has systematically examined the neural correlates associated with delayed haptic feedback. In this paper, we used electroencephalography (EEG) to study sensory and cognitive neural correlates caused by haptic delay during passive and active tasks performed using a haptic device and a computer screen. Results revealed that theta power oscillation was significantly higher at the midfrontal cortex under the presence of haptic delay. Sensory correlates represented by beta rebound were found to be similar in the passive task and different in the active task under the delayed and synchronous conditions. Additionally, the event related potential (ERP) P200 component is modulated under the haptic delay condition during the passive task. The P200 amplitude significantly reduced in the last 20% of trials during the passive task and in the absence of haptic delay. Results suggest that haptic delay could be associated with increased cognitive control processes including multi-sensory divided attention followed by conflict detection and resolution with an earlier detection during the active task. Additionally, haptic delay tends to generate greater perceptual attention that does not significantly decay across trials during the passive task.
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author Haneen Alsuradi
Wanjoo Park
Mohamad Eid
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Wanjoo Park
Mohamad Eid
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title Midfrontal theta oscillation encodes haptic delay
title_short Midfrontal theta oscillation encodes haptic delay
title_full Midfrontal theta oscillation encodes haptic delay
title_fullStr Midfrontal theta oscillation encodes haptic delay
title_full_unstemmed Midfrontal theta oscillation encodes haptic delay
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