Temporal detection threshold of audio-tactile delays under conditions of active touch with and without a visual cue
Résumé
While much research has been conducted on multisensory interactions in passive touch, research on how active
touch influences how the senses interact remains scarce. Using a
haptic surface based on ultrasonic vibrations, we investigated the
perception of synchronization of audio-tactile stimuli in active
touch. Tactile stimuli were delivered upon sliding the finger, and
auditory stimuli followed with a delay ranging from 0 −700 ms.
In this simultaneity judgment task, two visual conditions were
employed: (i) a visual cue showing the location of the active zone
on the screen; (ii) a black picture on the screen. We also consider
two sliding directions: (i) right-to-left (RTL); (ii) left-to-right
(LTR).
We estimated the psychometric function (threshold and slope)
of the ability to judge whether the auditory and tactile stimuli
were temporally synchronous. We found a threshold of 201.26 and
211.73 ms for LTR and 233.3 and 207.23 ms for RTL with and
without visual cues, respectively. We translated temporal delays
into distances (mm) using the finger sliding velocity measured for
each trial. The results indicate that the simultaneity judgment
was independent of sliding velocity.
Our results provide insights into participants’ sensitivity in
perceiving simultaneous audio-tactile feedback generated during
active touch exploration.
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