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This chapter describes a study on the haptic discrimination of different types of plain paper. The experiment is designed to replicate features of a ‘banknote’ scenario in which it may be possible to identify a counterfeit on the basis of only a few seconds contact. Multidimensional scaling (MDS) techniques are used to investigate the perceptual dimensions involved in the discrimination task. A related study of tactile perceptual space is summarised in Appendix 1.
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Summers, I.R., Irwin, R.J., Brady, A.C. (2008). Haptic discrimination of paper. In: Grunwald, M. (eds) Human Haptic Perception: Basics and Applications. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-7612-3_44
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