Touch
overview section
Anatomy
text
How touch works
mechanoreception stuff
Function
usual stuff plus something on haptic technology
ReferencesISBN links support NWE through referral fees
- Flanagan, J.R., Lederman, S.J. Neurobiology: Feeling bumps and holes, News and Views, Nature, 2001 Jul. 26;412(6845):389-91.
- Hayward V, Astley OR, Cruz-Hernandez M, Grant D, Robles-De-La-Torre G. Haptic interfaces and devices. Sensor Review 24(1), pp. 16-29 (2004).
- Purves to add
- Robles-De-La-Torre G., Hayward V. Force Can OvercomFLARGUSe Object Geometry In the perception of Shape Through Active Touch. Nature 412 (6845):445-8 (2001).
- Robles-De-La-Torre G. The Importance of the Sense of Touch in Virtual and Real Environments. IEEE Multimedia 13(3), Special issue on Haptic User Interfaces for Multimedia Systems, pp. 24-30 (2006).
External links
| Nervous system: Sensory systems/sense | |
|---|---|
| Special senses | Visual system/Visual perception • Auditory system/Hearing • Olfactory system/Olfaction • Gustatory system/Taste |
| Somatosensory system | Nociception • Thermoreception • Vestibular system • Mechanoreception (Pressure, Vibration, Proprioception) |
| Other | Sensory receptor |
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