Haptic face aftereffect

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Haptic face aftereffect

Kazumichi Matsumiya

Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan

kmat@riec.tohoku.ac.jp;

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Abstract. Face aftereffects (FAEs) are generally thought of as being a visual phenomenon. However, recent studies have shown that people can haptically recognize a face. Here, I report a haptic, rather than visual, FAE. By using three-dimensional facemasks, I found that haptic exploration of the facial expression of the facemask causes a subsequently touched neutral facemask to be perceived as having the opposite facial expression. The results thus suggest that FAEs can also occur in haptic perception of faces.

Cite as: Matsumiya K, 2012, "Haptic face aftereffect" i-Perception 3(2) 97–100
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DOI: 10.1068/i0496sas

ISSN: 2041-6695 (electronic only)

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