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Sensory Substitution and Augmentation (Hardcover)
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Sensory Substitution and Augmentation (Hardcover)
Series: Proceedings of the British Academy, 219
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Sensory substitution and augmentation devices are built to try to
replace or enhance one sense by using another sense. For example,
in tactile-vision, stimulation of the skin driven by input to a
camera is used to replace the ordinary sense of vision that uses
our eyes. The feelSpace belt aims to give people a magnetic sense
of direction using vibrotactile stimulation driven by a digital
compass. Fiona Macpherson brings together researchers
-neuroscientists, psychologists and philosophers -who are
developing these technologies, studying the minds and behaviour of
subjects who use them. Sensory Substitution and Augmentation has
three specific aims. The first is to present the latest empirical
research on sensory substitution and augmentation. Second,
philosophers and scientists who adopt a very different approach
comment on the empirical work. Their commentaries are often
critical of the assumptions of the work, but often they make and
call for clarifications, suggest extensions to the work, or comment
on features of the application of the work that the original
authors do not. This is one reason why Sensory Substitution and
Augmentation is more than simply a collection of papers on the same
topic. Finally, philosophers look at the nature of sensory
substitution and augmentation, tackling issues such as the nature
and limitations of sensory substitution, the nature of the sensory
experiences, theories of perception, and the potential for these
devices to help those people with disabilities, in part due to
future amendments of the devices that are suggested. Throughout,
there is a particular focus on the nature of the perceptual
experiences, the sensory interactions, and the changes that take
place in the mind and brain over time that occur while using and
training to use these technologies.
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