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Many researchers indicate the importance of temporal aspects of braille reading (Grunwald, 1966; Millar, 1987).The purpose of this study was to determine whether braille pattern recognition depends on finger movement speed using a learning transfer paradigm. The participants performed the braille recognition task during nine blocks under one finger movement speed condition, and were then tested under the other finger movement speed. The results of this experiment demonstrate that training enhances the performance in spite of finger movement speed. Even if a participant experiences training in the fast condition, performance in the slow condition is improved. Thus, this result is suggested that Braille pattern recognition does not depend on finger movement speed.
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Oshima, K., Ichihara, S. (2012). How Finger Movement Speed Affects Braille Pattern Recognition. In: Isokoski, P., Springare, J. (eds) Haptics: Perception, Devices, Mobility, and Communication. EuroHaptics 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7283. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31404-9_20
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