Learning and navigating digitally rendered haptic spatial layouts.
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serval:BIB_543F94095F3D
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Learning and navigating digitally rendered haptic spatial layouts.
Journal
NPJ science of learning
ISSN
2056-7936 (Print)
ISSN-L
2056-7936
Publication state
Published
Issued date
16/12/2023
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
8
Number
1
Pages
61
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: epublish
Publication Status: epublish
Abstract
Learning spatial layouts and navigating through them rely not simply on sight but rather on multisensory processes, including touch. Digital haptics based on ultrasounds are effective for creating and manipulating mental images of individual objects in sighted and visually impaired participants. Here, we tested if this extends to scenes and navigation within them. Using only tactile stimuli conveyed via ultrasonic feedback on a digital touchscreen (i.e., a digital interactive map), 25 sighted, blindfolded participants first learned the basic layout of an apartment based on digital haptics only and then one of two trajectories through it. While still blindfolded, participants successfully reconstructed the haptically learned 2D spaces and navigated these spaces. Digital haptics were thus an effective means to learn and translate, on the one hand, 2D images into 3D reconstructions of layouts and, on the other hand, navigate actions within real spaces. Digital haptics based on ultrasounds represent an alternative learning tool for complex scenes as well as for successful navigation in previously unfamiliar layouts, which can likely be further applied in the rehabilitation of spatial functions and mitigation of visual impairments.
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Web of science
Open Access
Yes
Funding(s)
Swiss National Science Foundation / Projects / 320030_169206
Create date
21/12/2023 16:18
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20/01/2024 7:12