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Multisensory contributions to 'touch': recent findings| old_uid | 2349 |
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| title | Multisensory contributions to 'touch': recent findings |
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| start_date | 2007/03/07 |
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| schedule | 16h |
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| online | no |
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| summary | The last few years has seen a growing realization amongst scientists that human perception is inherently multisensory. In particular, a rapidly growing body of research now highlights the existence of important connections between the human senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. One consequence of the multisensory nature of our perceptual experience is that changing what a person sees can change what they feel when they touch/interact with an object/surface. Similarly, research now suggests that changing what an object or surface sounds like, even what it smells like, can also change how it will be perceived, evaluated, and ultimately used. In this talk, I hope to illustrate how our growing understanding of the rules governing multisensory perception (derived from the field of cognitive neuroscience research) demonstrates just how multisensory what we introspectively think of as tactile perception, or the sense of touch, really is. I also hope to highlight some of the challenges that one needs to face when trying to apply laboratory-based research findings to account for our real-world tactile interactions. |
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| responsibles | Bishop |
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