Everything about Haptic memory
Form of sensory memory specific to touch stimuli
Haptic memory is the form of sensory memory specific to touch stimuli. Haptic memory is used regularly when assessing the necessary forces for gripping and interacting with familiar objects. It may also influence one's interactions with novel objects of an apparently similar size and density. Similar to visual iconic memory, traces of haptically acquired information are short lived and prone to decay after approximately two seconds. Haptic memory is best for stimuli applied to areas of the skin that are more sensitive to touch. Haptics involves at least two subsystems; cutaneous, or everything skin related, and kinesthetic, or joint angle and the relative location of body. Haptics generally involves active, manual examination and is quite capable of processing physical traits of objects and surfaces. Wikipedia →
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- Skim a recent paper: ANISMA: A Prototyping Toolkit to Explore Haptic Skin Deformation Applications Using Shape-Memory AlloysInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Space and senseThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Skin‐Inspired Haptic Memory Arrays with an Electrically Reconfigurable ArchitectureCited 210 times
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Skin‐Inspired Haptic Memory Arrays with an Electrically Reconfigurable Architecture
Halogen-Assisted Piezochromic Supramolecular Assemblies for Versatile Haptic Memory
Unit activity in monkey parietal cortex related to haptic perception and temporary memory
Neuronal activity of somatosensory cortex in a cross-modal (visuo-haptic) memory task
Mental representation in visual/haptic crossmodal memory: evidence from interference effects
Shape memory alloy actuators for haptic wearables: A review
Somatosensory cell response to an auditory cue in a haptic memory task
Haptic Pictures: Fit Judgments Predict Identification, Recognition Memory, and Confidence
🆕 Influential since 2022
ANISMA: A Prototyping Toolkit to Explore Haptic Skin Deformation Applications Using Shape-Memory Alloys
Exploring shape memory alloys in haptic wearables for visually impaired people
Adults’ spatial scaling from memory: Comparing the visual and haptic domain
Haptic Sensations Modulate Judgment of Words that Elicit Self‐referent Memory
Sex differences in the strategies of haptic object memory in early adulthood
📚 Books worth reading
Space and senseSusanna Millar · 2008
Neuromorphic and brain-based robotsJeffrey L. Krichmar · 2011
Islam and the politics of culture in EuropeFrank Peter, Sarah Dornhof · 2013
Space and Sense (Essays in Cognitive Psychology)Susanna Millar · 2008
Multisensory object perception in the primate brainMarcus J. Naumer, Jochen Kaiser · 2010
Brain senseFaith Hickman Brynie · 2009
Finite memory model for haptic recognitionPhilip G. Beierl · 1991- 📕Memory factors in haptic form recognition by blind and sighted subjectsSally M. Bailes · 1983
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