TY - JOUR
T1 - Haptic perception of wetness
AU - Bergmann Tiest, W.M.
AU - Kosters, N.D.
AU - Kappers, Astrid M.L.
AU - Daanen, H.A.M.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - In daily life, people interact with textiles of different degrees of wetness, but little is known about the mechanics of wetness perception. This paper describes an experiment with six conditions regarding haptic discrimination of the wetness of fabrics. Three materials were used: cotton wool, sponge-structured viscose and thin viscose. Two ways of touching were investigated: static touching, in which only thermal cues were available, and dynamic touching, in which additional mechanical cues were available. For dynamic touching, average Weber fractions for discrimination were around 0.3, whereas for static touching, they ranged from 0.34 to 0.63. The results show that people can make use of the additional mechanical cues to significantly improve their discrimination performance. There was no significant difference between Weber fractions for the three materials, showing that wetness can be judged as a separate perceptual quantity, independent of the material. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
AB - In daily life, people interact with textiles of different degrees of wetness, but little is known about the mechanics of wetness perception. This paper describes an experiment with six conditions regarding haptic discrimination of the wetness of fabrics. Three materials were used: cotton wool, sponge-structured viscose and thin viscose. Two ways of touching were investigated: static touching, in which only thermal cues were available, and dynamic touching, in which additional mechanical cues were available. For dynamic touching, average Weber fractions for discrimination were around 0.3, whereas for static touching, they ranged from 0.34 to 0.63. The results show that people can make use of the additional mechanical cues to significantly improve their discrimination performance. There was no significant difference between Weber fractions for the three materials, showing that wetness can be judged as a separate perceptual quantity, independent of the material. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
U2 - 10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.07.014
DO - 10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.07.014
M3 - Article
SN - 0001-6918
VL - 141
SP - 159
EP - 163
JO - Acta Psychologica
JF - Acta Psychologica
IS - 2
ER -