Haptic perception by use of his body". Gibson and others further emphasized what Weber had realized in 1851: the close link between haptic perception and body movement, and that haptic perception is active exploration. The concept of haptic perception is related to the concept of extended physiological proprioception, according to which when a tool such as a stick is used, perceptual experience is transparently transferred to the end of the tool. Haptic perception relies on the forces experienced during touch. This research allows the creation of "virtual", illusory haptic shapes with different perceived qualities, which has clear application in haptic technology. People
The Senses (Rembrandt) The Senses (Rembrandt) The Senses is a series of five oil paintings, completed by Rembrandt, depicting the five senses. The whereabouts of one, representing the sense of taste, is unknown. Another, representing smell, was only re-identified in 2015. Rembrandt was only around eighteen years old when the paintings were made; they are his earliest surviving works, and are of identical size. In about the 1720s the four known paintings were extended, but only one, "Smell", retains the additions and those are now concealed by its frame, so that it appears to retain its original format. Three of the extant paintings,