The term kinesthesia refers to the perception of limb movement and position, and is often broadly defined to include the perception of force as well. These sensory perceptions originate primarily from the activity of mechanoreceptors in muscles, which provides the central nervous system with information about the static length of muscles, the rate at which muscle length changes, and the forces ...

BACKGROUND for many technology-driven visuomotor tasks such as tele-surgery, human operators face situations in which the frames of reference for vision and action are misaligned and need to be compensated in order to perform the tasks with the necessary precision. The cognitive mechanisms for the selection of appropriate frames of reference are still not fully understood. This study investigat...

The use of Gardner’s multiple intelligences (MI) theory is touted as one the ideal ways teaching students with diverse intelligences. However, there appears to be paucity research in this area knowledge. This study, therefore, explored application approach Economics. study was a quantitative that adopted descriptive cross-sectional survey design. In total, 100 senior high school teachers were s...

The results of this study suggest that information derived from kinesthetic inputs alone is not normally used to generate an estimate of the location of the hand in extrapersonal space. This finding provides support for the interpretation of previous results suggesting that a representation of a visual target in extrapersonal space must be transformed into a kinesthetic reference frame before t...

There is wide agreement that the ‘‘dorsal (action) stream’’ processes visual information for movement control. However, movements depend not only on vision but also on tactile and kinesthetic information (5haptics). Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, the present study investigates to what extent networks within the dorsal stream are also utilized for kinesthetic action control and whe...

BACKGROUND People learn in different ways: visually, aurally, by reading/writing, and kinesthetically. In our clinic, we use color-coded Asthma Action Cards to educate our patients and their caregivers on asthma management. Our teaching is largely aural based, with the cards providing reading and visual stimulation and hands-on practice with devices offering kinesthetic stimulation. OBJECTIVE...

The theory of multiple intelligences, developed by psychologist Howard Gardner in the late 1970's and early 1980's, posits that individuals possess eight or more relatively autonomous intelligences. Individuals draw on these intelligences, individually and corporately, to create products and solve problems that are relevant to the societies in which they live (Gardner, 1999). According to Gardn...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether a virtual reality workstation (Fetouch system) offering three-dimensional (3D) fetal visual and kinesthetic interaction may affect maternal stress. METHODS Maternal-fetal visual and kinesthetic interaction was obtained through a haptic interface based on 3D reconstruction of sequencial bi-dimensional ultrasound images of the fetus. Maternal stress was assessed be...

We are interested in developing learning from demonstration systems that are suitable to be used by everyday people. We compare two interaction methods, kinesthetic teaching and teleoperation, for the users to show successful demonstrations of a skill. In the former, the user physically guides the robot and in the latter the user controls the robot with a haptic device. We evaluate our results ...