%0 Conference Proceedings %B Haptics: Science, Technology, Applications %D 2022 %T Effect of Focus Direction and Agency on Tactile Perceptibility %A Zook, Zane A. %A O'Malley, Marcia K. %E Seifi, Hasti %E Kappers, Astrid M. L. %E Schneider, Oliver %E Drewing, Knut %E Pacchierotti, Claudio %E Abbasimoshaei, Alireza %E Huisman, Gijs %E Kern, Thorsten A. %X

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.

%B Haptics: Science, Technology, Applications %I Springer International Publishing %C Cham %@ 978-3-031-06249-0 %G eng %U https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-06249-0_14#citeas %> https://mahilab.rice.edu/sites/default/files/publications/EuroHaptics_2022_Zook_Focus_Direction_And_Agency_Haptics.pdf