haptics
noun
the branch of psychology that investigates sensory data and sensation derived from the sense of touch and localized on the skin.
haptical
-
a word derived from
haptics.
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Summing up his findings in the American Journal of Psychology, Lowenfeld reports on the basis of 1,128 tests that one person in four is a haptical, two are visuals, the other is in-between.
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