Active Touch Sensing

• Autore principale: Tony J. Prescott (auth)
• Altri autori: Robyn Grant (auth), Blythe Towal (auth), Pavel M. Itskov (auth)
• Natura: Elettronico Capitolo di libro
• Lingua: inglese
• Pubblicazione: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• Serie: Frontiers Research Topics
• Soggetti: Neurosciences; Sensation; sensorimotor; active sensing; Touch; Animal Models
• Accesso online: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Active touch can be described as the control of the position and movement of tactile sensing systems to facilitate information gain. In other words, it is finding out about the world by reaching out and exploring - sensing by 'touching' as opposed to 'being touched'. In this Rese...