Traditionally, research on vision focused on its role in perception and our cognitive life.
Except for the study of eye movements, which have been regarded as an information …

This paper surveys the research literature on robust tactile and haptic illusions. The illusions
are organized into two categories. The first category relates to objects and their properties …

Weight illusions—where one object feels heavier than an identically weighted counterpart—
have been the focus of many recent scientific investigations. The most famous of these …

Most research on the multimodal perception of material properties has investigated the
perception of material properties of two modalities such as vision–touch, vision–audition …

The origins of money and the formulation of coherent weight and measurement systems are
amongst the most significant prehistoric developments of the human intellect. We present a …

Research on material perception has received an increasing amount of attention recently.
Clearly, both the visual and the haptic sense play important roles in the perception of …

Every object in the world has its own surface quality that is a reflection of the material from
which the object is made. We can easily identify and categorize materials (wood, metal …

Weight is perceived through the combination of multiple sensory systems, and a wide range
of factors–including touch, visual, and force senses–can influence the perception of …

Skilled manipulation requires the ability to predict the weights of viewed objects based on
learned associations linking object weight to object visual appearance [1–5]. However, the …

Background Our expectations of an object's heaviness not only drive our fingertip forces, but
also our perception of heaviness. This effect is highlighted by the classic size-weight illusion …