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The present study examined our ability to identify the location of a single vibration delivered to the dorsal and/or volar side of the forearm near the wrist. Three participants took part in three absolute identification experiments. In Exps. I and II, a 3-by-3 tactor array was placed on the dorsal and volar side of the wrist, respectively. In Exp. III, two 3-by-3 tactor arrays were placed on both sides of the wrist. Prior to each experiment, the intensities of the tactors were adjusted to be equally loud. Each participant completed a total of 405, 405 and 810 trials for Exps. I, II and III, respectively. The results indicate that on average, only 2 tactor locations can be correctly identified on either the dorsal or the volar side of the wrist, and 4 locations on both sides. The implications of our results for the design of mobile devices are discussed.
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Chen, HY., Santos, J., Graves, M., Kim, K., Tan, H.Z. (2008). Tactor Localization at the Wrist. In: Ferre, M. (eds) Haptics: Perception, Devices and Scenarios. EuroHaptics 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5024. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69057-3_25
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