Why we can’t live without our sense of touch
Graspable science: ‘Feeling and touching is far more important to our survival than seeing, hearing, smelling and tasting,’ says Martin Grunwald.
In 2008, he founded the Haptic Laboratory at the Paul Flechsig Institute for Brain Research at the University of Leipzig. There he researches the effect of the human sense of touch, develops therapies for psychic based disorders of body perception and as founder of haptic design worldwide, advises industrial producers on the design of their new products, appliances and packaging.
In ‘Homo Hapticus’, the experimental psychologist explains to a wide audience, which outstanding influences the long underestimated sense of touch has on all areas of life. Using numerous examples from everyday life, the internationally renowned pioneer of haptic research vividly relates how fascinatingly the millions of touch and motion sensors that represent our feel and taste organs work together. He shows what great biological and psychological significance skin touch has for humans of all ages. He reveals how cleverly product designers handle our haptic perception. He warns of a world full of touchscreens - as with them the world cannot be ‘grasped’.
