1. The impact of movement sonification on haptic perception changes with aging
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C. Landelle, J. Danna, B. Nazarian, M. Amberg, F. Giraud, L. Pruvost, R. Kronland-Martinet, S. Ystad, M. Aramaki, Anne Kavounoudias, Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives [Marseille] (LNC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), McGill University = Université McGill [Montréal, Canada], Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone (INT), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d’Électrotechnique et d’Électronique de Puissance - ULR 2697 (L2EP), Centrale Lille-Haute Etude d'Ingénieurs-Université de Lille-Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM), Perception, Représentations, Image, Son, Musique (PRISM), CNRS, Défi Auton, DISREMO project, Fédération de recherche 3C (FED3C, Aix-Marseille Université), ANR-16-CONV-0002,ILCB,ILCB: Institute of Language Communication and the Brain(2016), ANR-11-IDEX-0001,Amidex,INITIATIVE D'EXCELLENCE AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITE(2011), Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, HESAM Université - Communauté d'universités et d'établissements Hautes écoles Sorbonne Arts et métiers université (HESAM)-HESAM Université - Communauté d'universités et d'établissements Hautes écoles Sorbonne Arts et métiers université (HESAM)-JUNIA (JUNIA), and Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Université catholique de Lille (UCL)
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Adult ,Male ,Aging ,InformationSystems_INFORMATIONINTERFACESANDPRESENTATION(e.g.,HCI) ,Science ,Movement ,Article ,Young Adult ,Feedback, Sensory ,Physical Stimulation ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,Humans ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,[SDV.NEU.PC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Psychology and behavior ,Cognitive ageing ,[SDV.NEU.SC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Cognitive Sciences ,[INFO.INFO-MO]Computer Science [cs]/Modeling and Simulation ,[PHYS.MECA.ACOU]Physics [physics]/Mechanics [physics]/Acoustics [physics.class-ph] ,Acoustic Stimulation ,Touch Perception ,Touch ,[INFO.INFO-SD]Computer Science [cs]/Sound [cs.SD] ,Auditory Perception ,Medicine ,Perception ,Female ,Stereognosis - Abstract
International audience; Combining multisensory sources is crucial to interact with our environment, especially for older people who are facing sensory declines. Here, we examined the influence of textured sounds on haptic exploration of artificial textures in healthy younger and older adults by combining a tactile device (ultrasonic display) with synthetized textured sounds. Participants had to discriminate simulated textures with their right index while they were distracted by three disturbing, more or less textured sounds. These sounds were presented as a real-time auditory feedback based on finger movement sonification and thus gave the sensation that the sounds were produced by the haptic exploration. Finger movement velocity increased across both groups in presence of textured sounds (Rubbing or Squeaking) compared to a non-textured (Neutral) sound. While young adults had the same discrimination threshold, regardless of the sound added, the older adults were more disturbed by the presence of the textured sounds with respect to the Neutral sound. Overall, these findings suggest that irrelevant auditory information was taken into account by all participants, but was appropriately segregated from tactile information by young adults. Older adults failed to segregate auditory information, supporting the hypothesis of general facilitation of multisensory integration with aging.
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- 2021
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