Hand preference and hand ability : evidence from studies in haptic cognition /
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Author / Creator: | Ittyerah, Miriam, author. |
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Imprint: | Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013. |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Language: | English |
Series: | Advances in interaction studies, 1879-873X ; Volume 5 Advances in interaction studies ; v. 5. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11207034 |
Summary: | This volume adds new dimension and organization to the literature of touch and the hand, covering a diversity of topics surrounding the perception and cognition of touch in relation to the hand. No animal species compare to humans with regard to the haptic (or touch) sense, so unlike visual or auditory cognition, we know little about such haptic cognition. We do know that motor skills play a major role in haptics, but senses like vision do not determine hand preference or hand ability. It seems also that the potential ability to perform a task may be present in both hands and evidence indicates that the hand used to perform tactile tasks in blind or in sighted conditions is independent of one's hand preference. This book will be useful for those in education and robotics and can serve as a general text focusing on touch and developmental psychology. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9789027271648 902727164X 1299834663 9781299834668 9789027204592 9027204594 |
ISSN: | 1879-873X ; |