In touch with the future: The sense of touch from cognitive neuroscience to virtual reality

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Alberto Gallace (Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy) Charles Spence (Somerville College, Oxford, UK)

In touch with the future

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The sense of touch from cognitive neuroscience to virtual reality

Alberto Gallace (Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy), Charles Spence (Somerville College, Oxford, UK)

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Oxford University Press
09 January 2014

Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology; Cognition & cognitive psychology; Perception; Neurosciences; Digital lifestyle

Out of all the human senses, touch is the one that is most often unappreciated, and undervalued. Yet, the surface of the human body, the skin, is actually one huge sheet of tactile receptors. It provides us with the means to connect with our surroundings. Despite the important role that vision plays in our everyday lives, it is the skin that constitutes both the oldest, and by far the largest of our sense organs. The skin protects our body from the external world and, at the same time, informs us about what occurs on its surface.

In Touch With The Future explores the science of touch, bringing together the latest findings from cognitive neuroscience about the processing of tactile information in humans. The book provides a comprehensive overview of scientific knowledge regarding themes such as tactile memory, tactile awareness (consciousness), tactile attention, the role of touch in interpersonal and sexual interactions, and the neurological substrates of touch. It highlights the many ways in which our growing understanding of the world of touch can, and in some cases already are, being applied in the real world in everything from the development of virtual reality (VR) environments, tablet PCs, mobile phones, and even teledildonics - the ultimate frontier in terms of adult entertainment. In addition, the book shows how the cognitive neuroscience approach to the study of touch can be applied to help improve the design of many real-world applications/products as well as to many of our everyday experiences, such as those related to the appreciation of food, marketing, packaging design, the development of enhanced sensory substitution systems, art, and man-machine interfaces. Crucially, the authors makes a convincing argument for the view that one cannot really understand touch, especially not in a real-world context, without placing it in a multisensory context. That is, the senses interact to influence tactile perception in everything - from changing the feel of a surface or product by changing the sound it makes or the fragrance it has.

For students and researchers in the brain sciences, this book presents a valuable and fascinating exploration into one of our least understood senses

By: Alberto Gallace (Department of Psychology University of Milano-Bicocca Italy), Charles Spence (Somerville College, Oxford, UK)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 247mm, Width: 181mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 968g
ISBN: 9780199644469
ISBN 10: 0199644462
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 09 January 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Touch in the laboratory 1: Introducing the sense of touch 1: Introduction 2: The fundamentals of touch: The organization of the somatosensory system 3: Tactile perceptual organization Touch in the laboratory 2: The higher order factors that affect tactile perception 4: The awareness of touch 5: A memory for touch 6: Tactile attention 7: Caressing the skin: The social side of touch 8: Outside the boundaries of our bodies: The relationship between touch and the representation of the body in our mind Touch in the real world 1: Overcoming the limitations in tactile information processing 9: Technologies of touch 10: Tactile and multisensory warning signals Touch in the real world 2: Enhancing the affective design of touch 11: Touch in the marketplace: Selling by means of touch 12: Touch in the museum: Sculpture, art, aesthetics, and visual impairment 13: Touch in the bedroom: The role of touch in sexual behavior 14: Touch in the restaurant: A touch of gastronomy Conclusions 15: Touching the future References

Alberto Gallace, Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, Charles Spence, Somerville College, Oxford, UK

Reviews for In touch with the future: The sense of touch from cognitive neuroscience to virtual reality

Kaleidoscopic in its reach, eclectic in its content, profound in its insight, and above all an evidence-based journey across a touch landscape few will have explored in such breadth and depth, by two cognitive neuroscientists with the perfect pedigree for such an ambitious task. This book will provide an invaluable resource-insights and references-for those researching in, or entering the field. Francis McGlone, Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Natural Sciences & Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, UK