Tactile toys
Abstract
Abstract TACTILE TOYS ARE PUZZLE-TYPE TOYS USED TO TEST AND DEVELOP A PERSON''S POWERS OF TACTILE APPERCEPTION AND DIFFERENTIATION. THEY ARE COMPRISED OF A PLURALITY OF INTERLOCKING PARTS, THE FACING SURFACES OF WHICH HAVE A DISTINCT TEXTURE. IN SOLVING THE PUZZLE, THE USER IS REQUIRED TO SEGREGATE AND CONNECT THE CORRECT PLURALITY OF PARTS ON THE BASIS OF TACTILE APPERCEPTION AND DIFFERENTIATION. SINCE ALL PARTS HAVE SOME FACING SURFACE AND SINCE THE PLURALITY OF PARTS INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL INTERLOCKING PART, THE FACING SURFACE OF WHICH HAS A DIFFERENT TEXTURE FROM ALL OF THE OTHERS, THE USER CORRECTLY SOLVES THE PUZZLE OF THE TOY BY EITHER CONSTRUCTING A FORM WHICH HAS A SURFACE WITH A CONTINUOUS REGULAR TEXTURE OR BY RECOGNIZING THAT THE ASSEMBLED FORM HAS INCORPORATED AN INTERLOCKING PART, THE TEXTURE OF WHICH DIFFERS FROM THAT OF THE OTHER INTERLOCKING PARTS.
Inventors
- 👤 Raymond James Fisher
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