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An attempt was made to demonstrate that movement accompanying the act of touch, as viewed in active and passive touch, contributes to “meaning” derived from that sense mode. Semantic differential ratings of active and passive touch in the absence of object contact supported the above assumption.
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Vaught, G.M. An exploration of meaning accompanying active and passive touch without object contact. Psychon Sci 17, 83 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336456
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