A new study suggests humans can sense hidden objects without touching them, by detecting faint movements in sand. This unexpected form of “remote touch” challenges traditional ideas about how the ...

As we interact with the world, we feel it when we touch things. The information we get from touch sensations helps us carry out many daily activities, from typing on a keyboard to handling food.

Imagine a world where robots can feel, just like you and me. It’s not a scene from a sci-fi movie, but the exciting reality that Meta, the tech giant formerly known as Facebook, is working tirelessly ...

Meta made several major announcements for robotics and embodied AI systems this week. This includes releasing benchmarks and artifacts for better understanding and interacting with the physical world.

Sensory illusions reveal how the brain creates coherence when signals don’t align. In autism and ADHD, perception often ...

New research suggests humans can detect objects without direct contact, using subtle physical cues. Scientists call it a form of “remote touch” that may represent a hidden seventh sense.

Haptic perception and dynamic touch encompass the sophisticated processes through which the human sensorimotor system interprets object properties by means of active manipulation. This modality relies ...

Every hug, every handshake, every dexterous act engages and requires touch perception, and so understanding the molecular basis of touch is important. But to date, scientists had only known about one ...

Every hug, every handshake, every dexterous act engages and requires touch perception. Therefore, it is essential to understand the molecular basis of touch. “Until now, we had known that the ion ...

Healthy participants are needed to participate in a research study at the JHU Homewood campus, in Krieger Hall, room G60. The purpose of the study is to investigate human touch perception and ...