The study examined the effects of active and passive touch under conditions of cognitive load. It hypothesized that active touch would be more accurate than passive touch, and that cognitive load would decrease accuracy more for passive touch. Participants identified cookie cutter shapes using active or passive touch with or without a concurrent cognitive task. Results showed active touch was more accurate without load but less so with load, while passive touch accuracy increased under load. The findings suggest that when cognitive resources are limited, an additional task may not reduce accuracy further as there is insufficient capacity to process new information simultaneously.