Cutaneous afferent innervation of the human foot sole: what can we learn from single-unit recordings?

NDJ Strzalkowski, RM Peters… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
Cutaneous afferents convey exteroceptive information about the interaction of the body with
the environment and proprioceptive information about body position and orientation. Four …

Biomimetic tactile sensors and signal processing with spike trains: A review

Z Yi, Y Zhang, J Peters - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2018 - Elsevier
The sense of touch plays a critical role in enabling human beings to interact with the
surrounding environments. As robots move from laboratories to domestic environments, they …

[BUCH][B] Encyclopedia of computational neuroscience

D Jaeger, R Jung - 2015 - Springer
Introduction Studies of categorical decision-making attempt to understand behavior by
probing how different features of complex and changing environments guide the selection of …

Contact mechanics of the human finger pad under compressive loads

BM Dzidek, MJ Adams, JW Andrews… - Journal of The …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The coefficient of friction of most solid objects is independent of the applied normal force
because of surface roughness. This behaviour is observed for a finger pad except at long …

Impact of softness on users' perception of curvature for future soft curvature-changing UIs

Z Fan, C Coutrix - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Soft (compliant) curvature-changing UIs provide haptic feedback through changes in
softness and curvature. Different softness can impact the deformation of UIs when worn and …

An individual's skin stiffness predicts their tactile discrimination of compliance

B Li, GJ Gerling - The Journal of Physiology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Individual differences in tactile acuity have been correlated with age, gender and finger size,
whereas the role of the skin's stiffness has been underexplored. Using an approach to …

Cable equation

WR Holmes - Encyclopedia of computational neuroscience, 2022 - Springer
Introduction Studies of categorical decision-making attempt to understand behavior by
probing how different features of complex and changing environments guide the selection of …

Capacitance, membrane

J Golowasch, F Nadim - Encyclopedia of computational neuroscience, 2022 - Springer
Introduction Studies of categorical decision-making attempt to understand behavior by
probing how different features of complex and changing environments guide the selection of …

From finger friction and induced vibrations to brain activation: Tactile comparison between real and virtual textile fabrics

B Camillieri, MA Bueno, M Fabre, B Juan… - Tribology …, 2018 - Elsevier
The objective is to compare the tactile rendering of real and virtual textile surfaces. A
grooved woven (twill) and a hairy fabric (velvet) were studied. The virtual fabrics were …

Slowly‐adapting type II afferents contribute to conscious touch sensation in humans: Evidence from single unit intraneural microstimulation

RH Watkins… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Slowly‐adapting type II (SA‐II, Ruffini) mechanoreceptive afferents respond well to pressure
and stretch, and are regularly encountered in human microneurography studies. Despite an …