Hand preference and hand ability evidence from studies in haptic cognition
This volume adds new dimension and organization to the literature of touch and the hand, covering a diversity of topics surrounding the perception and cognition of touch in relation to the hand. No animal species compare to humans with regard to the haptic (or touch) sense, so unlike visual or audit...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
John Benjamins Publishing Company
[2013]
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| Colección: | Advances in interaction studies ;
v. 5. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798214006719 |
| Sumario: | This volume adds new dimension and organization to the literature of touch and the hand, covering a diversity of topics surrounding the perception and cognition of touch in relation to the hand. No animal species compare to humans with regard to the haptic (or touch) sense, so unlike visual or auditory cognition, we know little about such haptic cognition. We do know that motor skills play a major role in haptics, but senses like vision do not determine hand preference or hand ability. It seems also that the potential ability to perform a task may be present in both hands and evidence indicate |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027271648 |
