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Limitation of the Memory when using Interfaces with Haptics: An Empirical Study

Rydenfält, Christofer (2006) MAM920 20061
Certec - Rehabilitation Engineering and Design
Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate human memory capacity for hapticly presented structures and to discuss the results from a cognitive psychological and philosophical point of view. 20 participants took part in one learning and recognition task consisting of haptic structures and one learning and recognition task consisting of haptic structures equipped with a verbal anchor. The results were compared with recent research on shortterm memory capacity for other modalities and explained with the help of theory on conceptual spaces as well as associative networks. The results showed that even though humans have a memory for haptic structures it appears to be fairly small compared to other modalities. The common humans? small... (More)
The purpose of this study was to investigate human memory capacity for hapticly presented structures and to discuss the results from a cognitive psychological and philosophical point of view. 20 participants took part in one learning and recognition task consisting of haptic structures and one learning and recognition task consisting of haptic structures equipped with a verbal anchor. The results were compared with recent research on shortterm memory capacity for other modalities and explained with the help of theory on conceptual spaces as well as associative networks. The results showed that even though humans have a memory for haptic structures it appears to be fairly small compared to other modalities. The common humans? small experience and therefore sparsly developed memory structures for haptic sensations are held as a major cause for the results. (Less)
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author
Rydenfält, Christofer
supervisor
organization
course
MAM920 20061
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Systems engineering, Utvecklingspsykologi, Development psychology, Samhällsvetenskaper, Social sciences, working memory, conceptual spaces, concepts, memory, Haptics, cognitive psychology, computer technology, Data- och systemvetenskap
other publication id
ISRN: LUTMDN/TMAT-5094-SE
language
English
id
1329936
date added to LUP
2006-11-08 00:00:00
date last changed
2018-08-16 12:35:59
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this study was to investigate human memory capacity for hapticly presented structures and to discuss the results from a cognitive psychological and philosophical point of view. 20 participants took part in one learning and recognition task consisting of haptic structures and one learning and recognition task consisting of haptic structures equipped with a verbal anchor. The results were compared with recent research on shortterm memory capacity for other modalities and explained with the help of theory on conceptual spaces as well as associative networks. The results showed that even though humans have a memory for haptic structures it appears to be fairly small compared to other modalities. The common humans? small experience and therefore sparsly developed memory structures for haptic sensations are held as a major cause for the results.}},
  author       = {{Rydenfält, Christofer}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Limitation of the Memory when using Interfaces with Haptics: An Empirical Study}},
  year         = {{2006}},
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