Effects of stimulus duration on the amplitude difference limen for vibrotaction

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 2312-2319

  Gescheider, G A ^a,b   Zwislocki, J J ^b   Rasmussen, A ^a  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Syracuse Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUND DETECTION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 0029840023     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.417940     Document Type: Article

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