Editing Perception (section)

=== Touch ===
{{main|Haptic perception}}The process of recognizing objects through touch is known as ''haptic perception''. It involves a combination of [[somatosensory]] perception of patterns on the skin surface (e.g., edges, curvature, and texture) and [[proprioception]] of hand position and conformation. People can rapidly and accurately identify three-dimensional objects by touch.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Klatzky|first1=R. L.|last2=Lederman|first2=S. J.|last3=Metzger|first3=V. A.|year=1985|title=Identifying objects by touch: An "expert system."|journal=Perception & Psychophysics|volume=37|issue=4|pages=299–302|doi=10.3758/BF03211351|pmid=4034346|doi-access=free}}</ref> This involves exploratory procedures, such as moving the fingers over the outer surface of the object or holding the entire object in the hand.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Lederman|first1=S. J.|last2=Klatzky|first2=R. L.|year=1987|title=Hand movements: A window into haptic object recognition|journal=Cognitive Psychology|volume=19|issue=3|pages=342–368|doi=10.1016/0010-0285(87)90008-9|pmid=3608405|s2cid=3157751}}</ref> Haptic perception relies on the forces experienced during touch.<ref name="Robles-de-la-torre2001">{{Cite journal|last1=Robles-de-la-torre|first1=Gabriel|last2=Hayward|first2=Vincent|year=2001|title=Force can overcome object geometry in the perception of shape through active touch|journal=Nature|volume=412|issue=6845|pages=445–448|doi=10.1038/35086588|pmid=11473320|bibcode=2001Natur.412..445R|s2cid=4413295}}</ref>

Professor [[James J. Gibson|Gibson]] defined the haptic system as "the sensibility of the individual to the world adjacent to his body by use of his body."<ref>{{cite book|title=The senses considered as perceptual systems.|url=https://archive.org/details/sensesconsidered00jame|url-access=registration|last=Gibson|first=J.J.|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|year=1966|isbn=978-0-313-23961-8|location=Boston}}</ref> Gibson and others emphasized the close link between body movement and haptic perception, where the latter is ''active exploration''.

The concept of haptic perception is related to the concept of [[extended physiological proprioception]] according to which, when using a tool such as a stick, perceptual experience is transparently transferred to the end of the tool.