Constraining haptic exploration with sensors and gloves hardly changes the multidimensional structure of softness perception

Humans typically interact with the environment using bare hands. However, sometimes this is not possible or not preferred, e.g., when wearing protective gloves for work or sensor gloves in mixed/augmented reality (AR). Also, studying softness is highly important since it makes use of tactile and proprioceptive cues and it might be highly sensitive to restrictions. Here we tested how corresponding ...