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nimitzbrood.livejournal.com ([identity profile] nimitzbrood.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] gfish 2008-11-20 10:36 pm (UTC)

I do have some questions. For instance - how fine is haptic pattern recognition in the average human?

I know that if I'm paying attention I can recognize certain pattern changes in a vibrating object before there's an audio change. It's how I annoy computer users by telling them their fans or hard drive are going to die before they do. ;-)

Another question - can a hearing person acquire the haptic recognition of a deaf person through training or experience?

Finally - how well are multi-frequency patterns or complex signals distinguished? People occasionally talk about "feeling the music" - would it be possible to use a low-level musical string of notes to convey data the average the user?

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