Introduction to Neurohaptics

Research

We define Neurohaptics as “the science and technology that investigate the neural representation and cognitive modulations associated with tactile and/or kinesthetic haptic interactions”. The ultimate goal of this line of research is to develop a neural model that can quantify human haptic experience based on brain activities, and simulate human haptic responses during haptic interaction.

We are exploring passive and active tactile interaction with touch-screen devices. Passive and active touch have been reported to show different brain responses. Therefore, it is necessary to study objective and quantitative brain activities when tactile feedback is provided during active and/or passive touch with a touch-screen device. We are interested in studying the effects of augmenting touch-screen devices with tactile feedback in order to minimize the visual demand of an application, improve performance, or enable dual-task activities.

Experimental Setup

References of Previous Conducted Studies

• Wanjoo Park, Muhammad Hassan Jamil, and Mohamad Eid, “Neural Activations Associated with Friction Stimulation on Touch-screen Devices”, Frontiers in Neurorobotics, April 2019.

• Wanjoo Park, Muhammad Hassan Jamil and Mohamad Eid, “Prefrontal and Interhemispheric Functional EEG Connectivity in Presence and Absence of Tactile Stimulation”, International Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design, Lille, France, March 2019.

• Wanjoo Park and Mohamad Eid, “Differences in Beta Oscillation of the Middle Frontal Cortex with or without Tactile Stimulation in Active Touch Task”, EuroHaptics 2018.