Symbol recognition produced by points of tactile stimulation: The illusion of linear continuity

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1039-1046

  Gonzales, Gilbert R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; RECOGNITION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION;

EID: 0030317104     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/71.11.1039     Document Type: Article

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