Haptic Lab JLU

Katja Fiehler, Michaela Jeschke, Elena Azanon, Ben de Haas, Knut Drewing.

We are very happy that Michaela Jeschke (@michaelajeschke.bsky.social) has successfully completed her PhD thesis on the 11th of February 2026 (supervised by Knut Drewing and Elena Azañon).

Congratulations, Dr. Jeschke🥳🎉🍾

Many thanks also to Katja Fiehler, Ben de Haas for joining the PhD comittee!

Flache Kunstoff-Formen mit kleinen geometrisch geformten Erhebungen.

Traurige Menschen achten genauer auf Details: Studie aus der #Psychologie der #JLUGiessen untersucht den Einfluss von Stimmungen auf das Ertasten von Oberflächen. @mugecavdan.bsky.social www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...

Gießener Graduiertenkolleg erforscht Wahrnehmung von Materialien und Objekten im Alltag JLU bietet ideales Umfeld für die Forschungsprojekte der Promovierenden

Here's a press release (in German):
www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...



And here's tagging some of the great people involved: @kathadobs.bsky.social , @martinhebart.bsky.social , @haplab.bsky.social, @peelen.bsky.social .

Brief non-spatial signals facilitate visual search and temporal sensitivity in robot supervision The human role in human-swarm interaction (HSI) shifts from controller to supervisor, as robots become more autonomous and require efficient search st…

🎉 Check out our new paper published in the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies!

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This work highlights the interdisciplinary efforts of the ChronoPilot project and our fruitful collaboration with partners from Konstanz. @haplab.bsky.social

I am so happy ro share that two members of Haplab, @didemkatircilar.bsky.social and @boracelebi.bsky.social have been honored for their outstanding Work-in-progress posters at World Haptics 2025 in Suwon!

With so many beautiful memories behind us, I’m sharing my favorite photos from the beautiful city of Suwon, and looking forward to building on these experiences! Many thanks to organizers, reviewers, and attendees for their time and feedback!

Good morning from Suwon 🇰🇷 Excited to be here for IEEE World Haptics 2025 ! :)

I will present our work today at 15.00 during WIP poster session, titled:

"The Power of Social Touch: Pleasantness is a Matter of Regularity"

w/ @boracelebi.bsky.social @kdrewing.bsky.social

If you're curious about what makes a gentle stroke feel pleasant in a social context, looking forward to meet you there! 🎊

Happy to present this work tomorrow at World Haptics in Applied Perception session between 13:30-15:00 (Convention Hall 1). 👋🏽⏳ Hope to see you there! @haplab.bsky.social @kdrewing.bsky.social

Free access: zenodo.org/records/1572...

🗝️ Key findings:

* Lower amplitudes felt more pleasant and less arousing.
* Vibrations on the back were less arousing and more pleasant than on the front or both sides (front and back).
* The perceived intensity of vibration seems to play an important role in shaping emotional experiences.

Touched by vibrations: Intensity modulates valence and arousal on the torso Previous studies have successfully elicited a wide range of emotional responses by stimulating the hand region. The purpose of the current study was to test whether tactile stimuli applied to the tors...

Can vibrations on the torso evoke emotions? We explore this question in our recent publication w/ Nedim Goktepe & @kdrewing.bsky.social.

ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...

@haplab.bsky.social #Haptics

#IASAT in Jena was such a gem! Great to see so many people I met at Festival of Touch & make new connections. I'm looking forward to continuing conversations and building on these connections made. Looking forward to the next conference 🥳🫴🏽

In the meantime, let’s hug more often on Tuesdays 🫂

Great news! Today Mrunal came to HapLab Giessen to do her PhD thesis here on subliminal tactile perception. Soo exciting! Welcome Mrunal and looking forward to work together!

Haptic materials Our workshop will bring and connect research from different fields to provide a more holistic understanding of haptic material perception.

Excited to share that I’m co-organizing (w/ Nedim Göktepe) Haptic Materials from Physics to Perception workshop at World Haptics 2025 in Suwon, Korea!

#WHC2025 #WorldHaptics #Haptics 👋🏽

sites.google.com/view/haptic-...

Emotional time lengthening carries over to subsequent neutral events The perceived time can shrink or expand for emotional stimuli. Converging evidence suggests that emotional time distortions are rooted in the emotiona…

🆕📑 New paper alert: emotions bend our internal clocks—and keep changing time even after the moment’s gone! ⏳

Free paper access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@haplab.bsky.social @kdrewing.bsky.social & Nedim Göktepe

Findings summary 👇🏽

Our partners from Gent and Luxembourg are preparing a two-human VR evaluation of ChronoPilot time modulation techniques at HapLab! So intensive and exciting!

Gefühlte Nachrichtenflut: Rauben die Krisen uns unsere Zeit? Seit der Trump-Wahl und dem Ampel-Aus ist die Nachrichtenwelt aufgewühlt. Ein Forscher gibt Antworten, wie das unser Zeitempfinden verändert.

Raubt uns das Weltgeschehen unsere Zeit? Meine Überlegungen bei ZDF heute zur Frage, wie die sich rasant und erratisch verändernden politischen Weltgeschehnisse unser Zeitgefühl beeinflussen: www.zdf.de/nachrichten/...

Two truly inspiring days at INM-Leibniz Institute for New Materials! We exchanged ideas on human touch perception and materials science and looking forward to continuing future collaborations!🎊

Members of HapLab are having two marvellous days full of science, active touch and creative ideas at our partner lab INM Saarbrücken, Interaktive Oberflächen (Roland Benewitz). Soo fruitful and enjoyable!!!

We had wonderful time at #TeaP2025 @teap2025.bsky.social happy to be part of inspiring discussions with amazing people! Until next time ✨

Briefly, we investigated whether people learn to associate neutral vibration patterns with boredom and stress. If so, would this influence their time perception. Shortly, we showed associatively learned boredom but not stress modulates perceived time.

Tomorrow, I will present our work on time perception at @teap2025.bsky.social. @kdrewing.bsky.social @boracelebi.bsky.social

The weather in Frankfurt today was amazing, making it perfect for enjoying the welcome reception of the #TeaP2025 and meeting with colleagues after so long! ☀️

I’m so excited to present our work on how elasticity, hydration and finger pad size affect softness exploration and perception at the "Tactile and Time Perception" session tomorrow (March 10th) at 11.15. Hope to see you there! #RolandBennewitz @kdrewing.bsky.social @haplab.bsky.social #TeaP2025

Looking forward to meet you there 🎊 #TeaP2025

"The tactile distance aftereffect transfers to curvature perception" @michaelajeschke.bsky.social , "The Role of Skin Mechanics for Softness Exploration and Perception" @didemkatircilar.bsky.social and "Causal Inference in Visuotactile Temporal Judgements" @boracelebi.bsky.social

Now, we are looking forward to the talks from Michaela, Didem and Bora today at "Tactile and Time Perception" session at 11AM. Here are the titles of their talks:

#TeaP2025 is so close to home this year! It was amazing to meet colleagues from all over the world at the welcome reception on the beautiful Goethe University campus.

#ChronoPilot meeting started with scenario discussions ⏳ 🫳🏽👁👂🏼 @haplab.bsky.social @argirovatakis.bsky.social @swarmdynamics.bsky.social @haplab.bsky.social