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Role of gravitation in solving a haptic comparison problem

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The effect of haptic perception-reproduction task performed by means of a force feedback handle was studied under ground-based conditions and on board an orbital station. In contrast to visual perception, which exhibits a pronounced domination of vertically and horizontally oriented stimuli in such experiments, haptic perception did not display a dependence of responses on the tilt of the reference stimulus in the presence or absence of gravity. Thus, when solving a purely haptic problem, the CNS uses only proprioception, even in the presence of gravitation.

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  1. Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 127994, Russia

    M. I. Lipshits

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France

    J. McIntyre

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Original Russian Text © M.I. Lipshits, J. McIntyre, 2007, published in Fiziologiya Cheloveka, 2007, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 135–137.

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Lipshits, M.I., McIntyre, J. Role of gravitation in solving a haptic comparison problem. Hum Physiol 33, 120–121 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0362119707010197

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