Producing a movement in response to a sensory stimulus requires knowledge of the body's current configuration, and spindle organs embedded within muscles are a primary source of such kinesthetic information. Here, we sought to develop an animal model of kinesthetic illusions induced by mechanically vibrating muscles as a first step toward a mechanistic understanding of how kinesthesia is integr...

Psychologists distinguish between active and passive touch. The latter arises when objects are brought into contact with a passive tactile surface, such as the palm of the band. Active touch describes a dynamic exploration of objects involving receptors located in both the skin (cutaneous) and the joints (kinesthetic). Research in the area of robotic tactile perception has focussed on passive t...

In this research we implemented three different methods for presenting scientific graphs to blind and visually impaired people. Each rendering method employed either audition, kinesthetic or a combination of those two modalities. In order to allow for distance learning, we have used low cost portable devices for the output graph rendering. The three modes of representation were then compared by...

Computational geometry is a new branch of knowledge in computer science that deals with the analysis and design of algorithms for solving geometric problems. These problems typically arise in computer graphics, image processing, computer vision, and robotics. In the past few years many of the algorithms proposed for solving geometric problems have been found to be incorrect. These incorrect alg...

objectives: low birth weight neonates need complementary interventions (e.g. tactile kinesthetic stimulation) to promote their development. this study was conducted to determine the effect of tactile- kinesthetic stimulation (tks) on motor development of low birth weight neonates. methods: in this clinical trial study, sample was made out of 40 inborn lbw neonates who were divided into two grou...

The context of this paper is the design of a kinesthetic interface to virtual environments. Several kinesthetic interfaces have previously been developed. Minsky[ 15lhas developed a device for creating “virtual sandpaper”. A powered joystick interfaced to a real-time computer simulation allows the user to “feel” textured surfaces. The simulation implements textures as a mapping from joystick po...

abstract  background: the quality of life and standard of health care in a society is measured  by its preterm infants' mortality rate. the popularity and credibility of alternative  treatment such as touch therapy may be effective in preterm and low birth weight  infants in order to increase their survival rate. the aim of this study was to determine  the effect of touch intervention on the we...

Object recognition is an essential capability when performing various tasks. Humans naturally use either or both visual and tactile perception to extract object class properties. Typical approaches for robots, however, require complex systems multiple high-density sensors which can be highly expensive. In addition, they usually actual collection of a large dataset from real objects through dire...

Musicians use different kinds of imagery. This review focuses on kinesthetic imagery, which has been shown to be an effective complement to actively playing an instrument. However, experience in actual movement performance seems to be a requirement for a recruitment of those brain areas representing movement ideation during imagery. An internal model of movement performance might be more differ...