Out of all the human senses, touch is the one that is most often
unappreciated, and undervalued. Yet, the surface of the human body,
the skin, is actually one huge sheet of tactile receptors. It
provides us with the means to connect with our surroundings.
Despite the important role that vision plays in our everyday lives,
it is the skin that constitutes both the oldest, and by far the
largest of our sense organs. The skin protects our body from the
external world and, at the same time, informs us about what occurs
on its surface. In Touch With The Future explores the science of
touch, bringing together the latest findings from cognitive
neuroscience about the processing of tactile information in humans.
The book provides a comprehensive overview of scientific knowledge
regarding themes such as tactile memory, tactile awareness
(consciousness), tactile attention, the role of touch in
interpersonal and sexual interactions, and the neurological
substrates of touch. It highlights the many ways in which our
growing understanding of the world of touch can, and in some cases
already are, being applied in the real world in everything from the
development of virtual reality (VR) environments, tablet PCs,
mobile phones, and even teledildonics - the ultimate frontier in
terms of adult entertainment. In addition, the book shows how the
cognitive neuroscience approach to the study of touch can be
applied to help improve the design of many real-world
applications/products as well as to many of our everyday
experiences, such as those related to the appreciation of food,
marketing, packaging design, the development of enhanced sensory
substitution systems, art, and man-machine interfaces. Crucially,
the authors makes a convincing argument for the view that one
cannot really understand touch, especially not in a real-world
context, without placing it in a multisensory context. That is, the
senses interact to influence tactile perception in everything -
from changing the feel of a surface or product by changing the
sound it makes or the fragrance it has. For students and
researchers in the brain sciences, this book presents a valuable
and fascinating exploration into one of our least understood senses
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