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Asymmetric Gravitational Oscillation on Fingertips Increased the Perceived Heaviness of a Pinched Object

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Studies have shown that changes in shear or friction force at the fingertips contribute to weight perception. Pinching an actively moving object induces a similar change in shear or friction force at the fingertips, and humans may perceive the object as feeling heavier than a motionless object. However, little is known about weight perception when pinching an oscillating object. This study aimed to investigate the role of an object’s oscillation in weight perception, with participants assessing heaviness when pinching a pair of boxes. The results showed that a vibrating box felt heavier than a static box, and an asymmetrically vibrating box felt heavier than a symmetrical box. These findings are similar to those of our previous study, when participants grasped a larger and heavier box that vibrated asymmetrically in the vertical direction.

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This work was supported in part by JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) 18H03283.

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  2. Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan

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Amemiya, T. (2021). Asymmetric Gravitational Oscillation on Fingertips Increased the Perceived Heaviness of a Pinched Object. In: Yamamoto, S., Mori, H. (eds) Human Interface and the Management of Information. Information Presentation and Visualization. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12765. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78321-1_19

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