TY - Generic T1 - Effect of Focus Direction and Agency on Tactile Perceptibility T2 - Haptics: Science, Technology, Applications Y1 - 2022 A1 - Zook, Zane A. A1 - O'Malley, Marcia K. ED - Seifi, Hasti ED - Kappers, Astrid M. L. ED - Schneider, Oliver ED - Drewing, Knut ED - Pacchierotti, Claudio ED - Abbasimoshaei, Alireza ED - Huisman, Gijs ED - Kern, Thorsten A. AB -

Prior research has shown that the direction of a user's focus affects the perception of tactile cues. Additionally, user agency over touch stimulation has been shown to affect tactile perception. With the development of more complicated haptic and multi-sensory devices, simple tactile cues are rarely used in isolation and the effect of focus direction and of user agency on the perception of a sequence of tactile cues is unknown. In this study, we investigate the effect of both of these variables, focus direction and agency, on the perception of a cue sequence. We found that the direction of user focus and user sense of agency over tactile stimulation both had a significant effect on the accurate perception of a cue sequence. These results are presented in consideration for developing better haptic devices that account for users' focus on and control over these devices.

JF - Haptics: Science, Technology, Applications PB - Springer International Publishing CY - Cham SN - 978-3-031-06249-0 UR - https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-06249-0_14#citeas ER -