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Cold and heavy: grasping the temperature-weight illusion.


ABSTRACT: The apparent heaviness of weights placed on the skin depends on their temperature. We studied the effects of such a temperature-weight illusion (TWI) on perception and action in 21 healthy volunteers. Cold (18 °C), thermal-neutral (32 °C, skin temperature) and warm (41 °C) test objects were placed onto the palm of the non-dominant hand. Their veridical mass was 350 g (light) or 700 g (heavy). Perception of heaviness was assessed with two psychophysical experiments (magnitude estimation, cross modal matching). Cold heavy objects felt about 20% heavier than thermal-neutral objects of the same mass, shape and material. In a subsequent grip-lift experiment, the test objects were grasped with a precision grip of the dominant hand and lifted off the palm of the non-dominant hand. The grip and lift forces exerted by the fingertips were recorded. The temperature of the objects had significant effects (ANOVA, p?

SUBMITTER: Kuhtz-Buschbeck JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7237526 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cold and heavy: grasping the temperature-weight illusion.

Kuhtz-Buschbeck Johann P JP   Hagenkamp Johanna J  

Experimental brain research 20200327 5


The apparent heaviness of weights placed on the skin depends on their temperature. We studied the effects of such a temperature-weight illusion (TWI) on perception and action in 21 healthy volunteers. Cold (18 °C), thermal-neutral (32 °C, skin temperature) and warm (41 °C) test objects were placed onto the palm of the non-dominant hand. Their veridical mass was 350 g (light) or 700 g (heavy). Perception of heaviness was assessed with two psychophysical experiments (magnitude estimation, cross mo  ...[more]

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