In touch with causation : the role of haptics in multisensory phenomenal causality
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Humans use their senses to explore and learn about interactions and relationships between objects, such as cause and effect. Our sense of touch -- haptics -- is core to how we learn about and interact with our environment. For example, to strike a match, humans balance the force and speed that they apply. However, little research has studied how haptic feedback shapes causal perception in concert with information from other sensory modalities, despite its key role in forming our perception of the world. In this thesis, I address the question of how humans utilize haptic information in causal judgment tasks. I use a combination of haptic system design, psychophysical experiments, and generative modeling. First, I demonstrate that haptic information plays an important role in shaping causal perception through a series of psychophysical human experiments. Second, I introduce a computational model that can explain how people form these perceptions through the integration of spatiotemporal evidence across sensory modalities. Finally, I explore the relationship between causal perception and the realism of sensory information, specifically considering what information is contained within sensory cues, through an additional psychophysical user study. Throughout the work, I highlight the underlying importance of haptic information within causal perception and interactions as well as in terms of providing insights into what processes people are using to make these choices. My findings will inform the design of future devices and systems that utilize human perception and sensory integration.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2023; ©2023 |
| Publication date | 2023; 2023 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Chase, Elyse Deanna Zaino |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Follmer, Sean |
| Thesis advisor | Follmer, Sean |
| Thesis advisor | Gerstenberg, Tobias |
| Thesis advisor | Okamura, Allison |
| Degree committee member | Gerstenberg, Tobias |
| Degree committee member | Okamura, Allison |
| Associated with | Stanford University, School of Engineering |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Elyse D. Z. Chase. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2023. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/fc800qr6903 |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2023 by Elyse Deanna Zaino Chase
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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