The active touch perception - known as human haptic perception - is of primary importance for the planning, direction and execution of everyday actions. This, the most complex of human sensory systems, is becoming of greater and greater importance within varied scientific disciplines as well as in practical industrial fields. This book's international team of authors presents the most comprehensive collection of writings regarding the results of research and practical applications published to date. After an introduction to the theoreticalknowledge and historical aspects of the field, the following chapters are dedicated to the neuro-physiological basics as well as the psychological and clinical neuro-psychological aspects of haptic perception. Moreover, results of studies into human haptic perception in the fields of virtual haptic and robotics are presented. Comprehensive textbook combining research and practical applications. Dr. M. Grunwald directs the Haptic and EEG-Research Laboratory at theUniversity of Leipzig, Germany, and collaborates with the Touch-Lab at the MIT, Boston, USA. Chapters written by leading scientist in the field. International authorship from academia and industry INDICE: From the contents Epistemological and historical aspects. Methodological aspects. Neurophysiological and physiological aspects. Psychological aspects. Clinical and neuropsychological aspects. Virtual haptic and robotic. Applications.
- ISBN: 978-3-7643-7611-6
- Editorial: Birkhaüser
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 500
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés