If we sincerely believe that our index finger is five times bigger than it really is, our sense of touch improves. Researchers demonstrated that this is the case in an experiment in which the ...

Tactile perception and motion processing are central to understanding how the human somatosensory system interprets the environment. The integration of spatial and temporal signals from the skin ...

A subject participates in an experiment devised by Weizmann Institute of Science researcher Ehud Ahissar to probe the neurological mechanics of tactile sensations. Will this year’s Nobel Prizes go to ...

A team led by Prof. DONG Erbao from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), collaborating with Prof. YU Xinge from the City University of ...

A team led by Prof. Dong Erbao from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), collaborating with Prof. Yu Xinge from the City University of ...

Do we always perceive the world in the same way? A hypnosis experiment proves that we certainly don’t. If we sincerely believe that our index finger is five times bigger than it really is, our sense ...

Dianne Denholm, director of the TACtile Textile Arts Center in Tamarac Square, is seriously proud – and a little bit scared – of the leap she’s taken there, but she’s also excited, now that the center ...

The researchers measured the tactile perception of their 24 test participants using the two-point discrimination method. This involves the index finger lying relaxed on a device with two needles ...