Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Mechanoreceptor(also: Tactile Receptor, Touch Receptor)
- A sensory receptor in the skin that responds to mechanical pressure or distortion, enabling the sense of touch. Different types of mechanoreceptors detect various tactile qualities: Meissner corpuscles sense light touch and low-frequency vibration (10-65 Hz), Pacinian corpuscles…
- Mediated Social Touch(also: Remote Touch, Tele-touch, Haptic Telepresence)
- The use of haptic technology to simulate or communicate social touch gestures — such as stroking, squeezing, patting, or hugging — between people who are physically separated. Mediated social touch systems encode touch from one person and reproduce it on a remote partner's body…
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