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Visual and Tactile Sensory Systems Share Common Features in Object Recognition.

Sepideh Tabrik, Mehdi Behroozi, Lara Schlaffke, Stefanie Heba, Melanie Lenz, Silke Lissek, Onur Güntürkün, Hubert R Dinse, Martin Tegenthoff

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Sepideh TabrikDepartment of Neurology, BG-University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany sepideh.tabrik@ruhr-uni-bochum.de.ORCID 0000-0002-9358-9461
Mehdi BehrooziInstitute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Biopsychology, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany.
Lara SchlaffkeDepartment of Neurology, BG-University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany.
Stefanie HebaDepartment of Neurology, BG-University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany.
Melanie LenzDepartment of Neurology, BG-University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany.
Silke LissekDepartment of Neurology, BG-University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany.
Onur GüntürkünInstitute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Biopsychology, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany.
Hubert R DinseDepartment of Neurology, BG-University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany.
Martin TegenthoffDepartment of Neurology, BG-University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although we use our visual and tactile sensory systems interchangeably for object recognition on a daily basis, little is known about the mechanism underlying this ability. This study examined how 3D shape features of objects form two congruent and interchangeable visual and tactile perceptual spaces in healthy male and female participants. Since active exploration plays an important role in shape processing, a virtual reality environment was used to visually explore 3D objects called digital embryos without using the tactile sense. In addition, during the tactile procedure, blindfolded participants actively palpated a 3D-printed version of the same objects with both hands. We first demonstrated that the visual and tactile perceptual spaces were highly similar. We then extracted a series of 3D shape features to investigate how visual and tactile exploration can lead to the correct identification of the relationships between objects. The results indicate that both modalities share the same shape features to form highly similar veridical spaces. This finding suggests that visual and tactile systems might apply similar cognitive processes to sensory inputs that enable humans to rely merely on one modality in the absence of another to recognize surrounding objects.

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TouchTouch PerceptionFemaleHumansMaleVisual Perceptionshape featuresshape perceptionsimilarity judgmentvirtual realityvisual and tactile perception

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PMID34544756
PMCPMC8493885

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