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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Tactile communication"”.
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A tactile communication system for navigation
A vibrotactile display for use in navigation has been designed and evaluated. The arm and the torso, which offer relatively large and flat surface areas, were chosen as locations for the displays. The ability of subjects to identify patterns of vibrotactile stimulation on the arm and torso was …
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ComTouch : a vibrotactile mobile communication device
… a new device for enhancing interpersonal communication over distance through use of touch. The ComTouch approach investigates how the sense of touch can be remotely represented by means of a vibrotactile, or touch-and-vibration, interface. Touch has potential to improve existing remote …
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Behavior and communication in the short bare-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica)
Behavior and communication modes were studied in captive <u>Monodelphis domestica</u>, a small solitary, nocturnal, omnivorous marsupial in the family Didelphidae. The social biology was examined to evaluate the importance of visual, olfactory, auditory, and tactile communication. Social contexts …
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Inspirited-dispirited touch: a phenomenological investigation
The nature and characteristics of the experience of inspiriting/dispiriting touch was explored. Concepts from phenomenology and the simultaneity paradigm provided the philosophical and theoretical framework. The investigation was approached by employing phenomenological methods. Data were collected …