Eagleman David M, Perrotta Michael V
Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.
Neosensory, Palo Alto, CA, United States.
Front Hum Neurosci. 2023 Jan 13;16:1055546. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.1055546. eCollection 2022.
Haptic devices use the sense of touch to transmit information to the nervous system. As an example, a sound-to-touch device processes auditory information and sends it to the brain via patterns of vibration on the skin for people who have lost hearing. We here summarize the current directions of such research and draw upon examples in industry and academia. Such devices can be used for sensory substitution (replacing a lost sense, such as hearing or vision), sensory expansion (widening an existing sensory experience, such as detecting electromagnetic radiation outside the visible light spectrum), and sensory addition (providing a novel sense, such as magnetoreception). We review the relevant literature, the current status, and possible directions for the future of sensory manipulation using non-invasive haptic devices.
触觉设备利用触觉将信息传输到神经系统。例如，一种声触设备会处理听觉信息，并通过皮肤表面的振动模式将其发送到大脑，供失聪者使用。我们在此总结此类研究的当前方向，并列举工业界和学术界的实例。此类设备可用于感官替代（替代丧失的感官，如听力或视力）、感官扩展（拓宽现有的感官体验，如检测可见光谱之外的电磁辐射）和感官添加（提供一种新的感官，如磁感受）。我们回顾了使用非侵入性触觉设备进行感官操纵的相关文献、现状以及未来可能的发展方向。
