[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of fingertip light touch on the postural control in poststroke patients. [Subjects] In the study, the subjects were recruited through a rehabilitation hospital, and 21 patients were screened from among 30 volunteers. [Methods] The subjects participated in an experiment that measured postural sway during the static standing pos...

Media platforms and devices that allow an input from a user’s finger/hand touch are becoming more ubiquitous, such as Microsoft Surface and DiamondTouch, as well as numerous experimental systems in research labs. Currently the definition of touch styles is application-specific and each device/application has its own set of available touch types to be recognized as input. In this paper we attemp...

in a seismic change in the touch-screen business. Projected capacitive (pro-cap), the touch technology used in the iPhone touch screen, has become the first choice for many small-to-medium (<10-in.) touch-equipped products now in development. The technology is not just Apple-trendy but incorporates some of the best characteristics of competing touch technologies. The three most important advant...

The ‘sense of touch has been used as a layman term in Chap. 1. However, ‘sense of touch’ and ‘tactile sensing’ are not same. This chapter provides the definitions of various terms associated with the touch sense modality. Generally, the ‘sense of touch’ in robotics gets inspiration from humans. Thus, various terms associated with human sense of touch are presented first. Following this, the ana...

This paper presents our experiences of introducing in a senior level microprocessor course the latest touch sensing technologies, especially programming capacitive touch sensing devices and touchscreen. The emphasis is on the teaching practice details, including the enhanced course contents, outcomes and lecture and lab organization. By utilizing the software package provided by Atmel, students...

Our present understanding of young children’s touch-screen performance is still limited, as only few studies have considered analyzing children’s touch interaction patterns so far. In this work, we address children aged between 3 and 6 years old during their preoperational stage according to Piaget’s cognitive developmental theory, and we report their touch-screen performance with standard tap ...

Previous studies have shown a shared neural circuitry in the somatosensory cortices for the experience of one's own body being touched and the sight of intentional touch. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the present study aimed to elucidate whether the activation of a visuotactile mirroring mechanism during touch observation applies to the sight of any touch, that is, whether...

• Haptic stimulation of endorphin acts to bond relationships in primates and humans. Humans have found ways trigger the system virtually without touch. Virtual ‘touch’ allows humans ‘groom’ at a distance with more individuals. Touch forms central component social bonding, both humans, via brain’s system. In primates, this involves grooming, acting CT neuron Although still use soft touch for bon...

The purpose of this study was twofold: to determine (1) the degree to which specific qualities of maternal touch may contribute to the low birth weight infant’s emotional and behavioural problems as well as social adaptation, and (2) the relationship between maternal touch and a mother’s other caregiving behaviour. The sample included 114 socioculturally diverse infants and their mothers who we...

The sensory block levels of 102 women undergoing caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia were assessed by four different methods: sharp pinprick (Neurotip tester pin), cold (ethyl chloride spray), touch (Neurotip tester pin), touch (ethyl chloride spray). While the data indicate a median difference of some 2 segments between the levels of block assessed by sharp pinprick or cold, and touch, ...