Static and active tactile perception and touch anisotropy: aging and gender effect

Abstract Although the human finger is the interface used for the touch process, very few studies have used its properties to provide a description of tactile perception regarding age and gender effects. Age and gender effects on the biophysical properties of the human finger were the main topics of...

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Autores principales:	A. Abdouni, G. Moreau, R. Vargiolu, H. Zahouani
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2018
Materias:	Tactile Perception Gender Effects Finger Size Real Contact Area Touch Gestures Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f1873c71931e48feb7c06a2802b05fb82021-12-02T15:07:47ZStatic and active tactile perception and touch anisotropy: aging and gender effect10.1038/s41598-018-32724-42045-2322https://doaj.org/article/f1873c71931e48feb7c06a2802b05fb82018-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32724-4https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Although the human finger is the interface used for the touch process, very few studies have used its properties to provide a description of tactile perception regarding age and gender effects. Age and gender effects on the biophysical properties of the human finger were the main topics of our previous study. Correlating tactile perception with each parameter proved very complex. We expand on that work to assess the static and dynamic touch in addition to the touch gestures. We also investigate the age and gender effects on tactile perception by studying the finger size and the real contact area (static and dynamic) of forty human fingers of different ages and gender. The size of the finger and the real contact area (static and dynamic) define the density of the mechanoreceptors. This density is an image of the number of mechanoreceptors solicited and therefore of tactile perception (static and dynamic). In addition, the touch gestures used to perceive an object’s properties differ among people. Therefore, we seek to comprehend the tactile perception of different touch gestures due to the anisotropy of mechanical properties, and we study two different directions (top to bottom and left to right).A. AbdouniG. MoreauR. VargioluH. ZahouaniNature PortfolioarticleTactile PerceptionGender EffectsFinger SizeReal Contact AreaTouch GesturesMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2018)
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spellingShingle	Tactile Perception Gender Effects Finger Size Real Contact Area Touch Gestures Medicine R Science Q A. Abdouni G. Moreau R. Vargiolu H. Zahouani Static and active tactile perception and touch anisotropy: aging and gender effect
description	Abstract Although the human finger is the interface used for the touch process, very few studies have used its properties to provide a description of tactile perception regarding age and gender effects. Age and gender effects on the biophysical properties of the human finger were the main topics of our previous study. Correlating tactile perception with each parameter proved very complex. We expand on that work to assess the static and dynamic touch in addition to the touch gestures. We also investigate the age and gender effects on tactile perception by studying the finger size and the real contact area (static and dynamic) of forty human fingers of different ages and gender. The size of the finger and the real contact area (static and dynamic) define the density of the mechanoreceptors. This density is an image of the number of mechanoreceptors solicited and therefore of tactile perception (static and dynamic). In addition, the touch gestures used to perceive an object’s properties differ among people. Therefore, we seek to comprehend the tactile perception of different touch gestures due to the anisotropy of mechanical properties, and we study two different directions (top to bottom and left to right).
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title	Static and active tactile perception and touch anisotropy: aging and gender effect
title_short	Static and active tactile perception and touch anisotropy: aging and gender effect
title_full	Static and active tactile perception and touch anisotropy: aging and gender effect
title_fullStr	Static and active tactile perception and touch anisotropy: aging and gender effect
title_full_unstemmed	Static and active tactile perception and touch anisotropy: aging and gender effect
title_sort	static and active tactile perception and touch anisotropy: aging and gender effect
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Static and active tactile perception and touch anisotropy: aging and gender effect

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