Psychologists call these movements "exploratory procedures"—using touch to reach a goal, such as identifying a property like weight or roughness. Credit: Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied SciencesArt installation-like experimentIn their study, Aktaş and team designed an art installation-like experiment to systematically observe how people touch and interact with unfamiliar objects. Following the study, Aktaş created a related art installation at the Harvard Art Lab. New categories of physical interactionsFour categories of physical interactions emerged. More information: Buse Aktas¸ et al, Emergent patterns of interaction with dynamic objects, PLOS One (2025).