Perceived intensity of vibrotactile stimuli: The role of mechanoreceptive channels

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 273-286

  Hollins, Mark ^a   Roy, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel; Intensity; Model; Scaling; Suppression; Vibrotaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE STIMULATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 0030497606     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08990229609052583     Document Type: Article

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