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Just noticeable differences of low-intensity vibrotactile forces at the fingertip

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In this paper, the authors measured JNDs of vibrotactile force amplitudes at nine frequencies in the bandwidth of 5... 1000 Hz with 29 subjects taking part in the study.
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The presented study measures JNDs of vibrotactile force amplitudes at nine frequencies in the bandwidth of 5 ... 1000 Hz with 29 subjects taking part in the study. Reference stimuli are placed near the absolute perception threshold of these frequencies, therefore very high discrimination thresholds of 20 dB on average (with a runaway value of 40 dB @ 1000 Hz) are measured. This is in accordance to observations of Weber's Law for reference stimuli near the perception threshold. Statistical analysis suggests influence of fingertip size on the results, but no influence of fine motor activity (i.e. playing musical instruments, handicraft, computer games) could be asserted with the given dataset. Results can be used to facilitate task-specific design of sensors and actuators in near-threshold contact situations.

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Psychophysics: The Fundamentals

TL;DR: The theory of signal detection has been studied extensively in the literature, see as mentioned in this paper for an overview. But the application of TSD is limited to the measurement of sensory attributes and discrimination scales.
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Adaptive procedures in psychophysical research.

TL;DR: The general development of adaptive procedures is described, and typically, a threshold value is measured using these methods, and, in some cases, other characteristics of the psychometric function underlying perceptual performance, such as slope, may be developed.
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Perception-Based Data Reduction and Transmission of Haptic Data in Telepresence and Teleaction Systems

TL;DR: The experimental results show that the presented approach is able to reduce the packet rate between an operator and a teleoperator by up to 90% of the original rate without affecting the performance of the system.
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Diminutive Digits Discern Delicate Details: Fingertip Size and the Sex Difference in Tactile Spatial Acuity

TL;DR: It is shown here that tactile perception improves with decreasing finger size, and that this correlation fully explains the better perception of women, who on average have smaller fingers than men.
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Matching Forces: Constant Errors and Differential Thresholds

TL;DR: A contralateral limb-matching procedure was used to study the perception of forces generated by the elbow flexor muscles, and subjects consistently overestimated the amplitude of the two lowest forces, and the most accurate matching of forces occurred in the middle of the response range.
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