The effects of static indentation on vibrotactile threshold

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 3149-3153

  Makous, James C ^a,c   Gescheider, George A ^a,b   Bolanowski, Stanley J ^a  

^a Syracuse Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

^b HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; TACTILE STIMULATION; THENAR; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 0029960759     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.414799     Document Type: Article

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