The limit of tactile spatial resolution in humans: Grating orientation discrimination at the lip, tongue, and finger

Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 2361-2366

  Van Boven, Robert W ^a,b   Johnson, Kenneth O ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; LIP; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TONGUE; TOUCH;

EID: 0028131843     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.44.12.2361     Document Type: Article

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