The world of touch / David Katz ; edited and translated by Lester E. Krueger.
By: Katz, David [author].
Contributor(s): Krueger, Lester E [translator].
Material type: BookPublisher: Hillsdale, NJ : Laurence Erlbaum Associates, [1989]Copyright date: ©1989Description: xii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 080580529X (hardback).Subject(s): TouchDDC classification: 152.182Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
For the first time, David Katz's classic monograph The World of Touch has been translated into English. Regarded as one of the premiere experimental psychologists, Katz vigorously opposed the atomism and "tachistoscopic" mentality typical of the sensory psychology of his day.
In The World of Touch , Katz sought to dispel the invidious distinction between the supposedly higher (e.g., vision, audition) and lower (e.g., touch) senses. To help touch regain its original prominence in the field, Katz demonstrated, through very simple, yet creative experiments, how fascinating the abilities of touch are, and how valuable the tactual stimulus can be in specifying objects, surfaces, substances, and events. In addition, Katz emphasized the importance of higher-order invariants in the perception of objects, and the holistic quality of perception in time as well as space.
Originally published as: Ergaenzungsband 11, Zeitschrift fuer Psychologie und psychologie der Sinnesorgane, Abt.1, Zeitschritf fuer Psychologie.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Division I: Modes of appearance of the world of touch -- Critical and methodological preamble -- Types of tactual phenomena -- Movement as a formative factor in tactual phenomena -- Division II: Quantitative studies of the tactual -- Studies on surface touch -- Studies on touch transparency -- Analysis of touch movements -- The role of the temperature sensation in touch -- Division III: Further analysis of the tactual performance -- The role of the vibration sense in touch -- The contribution of visual and kinesthetic processes to the structure of tactual forms -- Division IV: Applications.
Translation of: Der Aufbau der Tastwelt.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Translator's Preface (p. xi)
- Editor's Introduction (p. 1)
- References (p. 17)
- Author's Preface (p. 23)
- Division I Modes Of Appearance Of The World Of Touch (p. 25)
- Footnotes (p. 29)
- Editor's Notes on Chapter I, Division I: Critical and Methodological Preamble- (sections 2 to 4) (p. 31)
- Chapter I Critical and Methodological Preamble (p. 33)
- Footnotes (p. 36)
- Footnotes (p. 39)
- Footnotes (p. 42)
- Editor's Notes on Chapter II, Division I: Types of Tactual Phenomena (sections 5 to 13) (p. 45)
- Chapter II Types of Tactual Phenomena (p. 47)
- Footnotes (p. 49)
- Footnotes (p. 52)
- Footnote (p. 54)
- Footnotes (p. 58)
- Footnotes (p. 61)
- Footnotes (p. 67)
- Footnotes (p. 68)
- Footnotes (p. 70)
- Editor's Notes on Chapter III, Division I: Movement as a Formative Factor in Tactual Phenomena (sections 14 to 17) (p. 73)
- Chapter III Movement as a Formative Factor in Tactual Phenomena (p. 75)
- Footnotes (p. 77)
- Footnotes (p. 79)
- Footnotes (p. 82)
- Footnotes (p. 84)
- Footnotes (p. 86)
- Footnotes (p. 87)
- Editor's Notes on Chapter I, Division II: Studies on Surface Touch (sections 18 to 30) (p. 89)
- Division II Quantitative Studies Of The Tactual Performance (p. 91)
- Chapter I Studies on Surface Touch (p. 93)
- Footnotes (p. 99)
- Footnotes (p. 108)
- Footnotes (p. 119)
- Footnotes (p. 123)
- Footnotes (p. 126)
- Footnotes (p. 129)
- Footnotes (p. 138)
- Footnotes (p. 140)
- Editor's Notes on Chapter II, Division II: Studies on Touch Transparency (sections 31 and 32) (p. 143)
- Chapter II Studies on Touch Transparency (p. 145)
- Footnotes (p. 149)
- Footnotes (p. 150)
- Editor's Notes on Chapter III, Division II: Analysis of Touch Movements (sections 33 to 35) (p. 151)
- Chapter III Analysis of Touch Movements (p. 153)
- Footnotes (p. 156)
- Footnotes (p. 160)
- Editor's Notes on Chapter IV, Division II: The Role of the Temperature Sensation in Touch (sections 36 to 38) (p. 163)
- Chapter IV The Role of the Temperature Sensation in Touch (p. 165)
- Footnotes (p. 173)
- Footnotes (p. 175)
- Footnotes (p. 177)
- Footnotes (p. 180)
- Editor's Notes on Chapter I, Division III: The Role of the Vibration Sense in Touch (sections 39 to 45) (p. 183)
- Division III Further Analysis Of The Tactual Performance (p. 185)
- Chapter I The Role of the Vibration Sense in Touch (p. 187)
- Footnotes (p. 192)
- Footnotes (p. 196)
- Footnotes (p. 199)
- Footnotes (p. 202)
- Footnotes (p. 205)
- Footnotes (p. 208)
- Footnotes (p. 211)
- Footnotes (p. 219)
- Footnotes (p. 221)
- Editor's Notes on Chapter II, Division III: The Contribution of Visual and Kinesthetic Processes to the Structure of Tactual Forms (sections 46 and 47) (p. 223)
- Chapter II The Contribution of Visual and Kinesthetic Processes to the Structure of Tactual Forms (p. 225)
- Footnotes (p. 231)
- Footnotes (p. 233)
- Editor's Notes on Division IV: Applications (sections 48 to 50) (p. 235)
- Division IV Applications (p. 237)
- Footnotes (p. 244)
- Footnotes (p. 247)
- Footnotes (p. 249)
- Author Index (p. 251)
- Subject Index (p. 257)