Title
The frequency of tactile adaptation systematically biases subsequent frequency identification
Abstract
Exposure to a particular sensory stimulation for a prolonged period of time often results in changes in the associated perception of subsequent stimulation. Such changes can take the form of decreases in sensitivity and/or aftereffects. Aftereffects often result in a rebound in the perception of the associated stimulus property when presented with a novel stimulus. The current study sought to determine if such perceptual aftereffects could be experienced following tactile stimulation at a particular frequency. To this end, participants’ perception of a 5 Hz standard frequency stimulus was evaluated using an adaptive staircase psychophysical paradigm. Participants’ perception of the standard stimulus frequency was tested a second time following the adaptation to another stimulus frequency that was either lower (i.e., 2 Hz), the same (i.e., 5 Hz), or higher (i.e., 8 Hz) than the standard stimulus (i.e., 3 groups). Following adaptation, participants who received the 5 Hz or 8 Hz stimulation reported significantly lower estimates of the standard stimulus frequency relative to the 2 Hz group. Thus, the current work provides preliminary evidence that directional after-effects can be induced when the adapting stimulus is of equal or greater frequency relative to the test stimulus, but no such influence is observed when the adapting stimulus is less than the standard stimulus.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1109/WHC.2019.8816121
2019 IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC)
Keywords
Field
DocType
stimulus property,tactile stimulation,associated perception,particular sensory stimulation,subsequent frequency identification,tactile adaptation,test stimulus,adapting stimulus,standard stimulus frequency,adaptive staircase psychophysical paradigm,frequency 5.0 Hz,frequency 2.0 Hz,frequency 8.0 Hz
Computer vision,Computer science,Artificial intelligence,Stimulus (physiology),Audiology,Perception,Sensory stimulation therapy,Stimulation
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-5386-9462-6
0
0.34
References 
Authors
2
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
John de Grosbois100.68
Raymond J. King201.69
Massimiliano Luca3779.90
Cesare Parise471.15
Rachel Bazen500.34
Mounia Ziat65512.10