Tactile learning is task specific but transfers between fingers

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-128

  Sathian, K ^a   Zangaladze, A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECALL; TOUCH;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOPHYSICS; STEREOGNOSIS; TOUCH; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0030639192     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03206854     Document Type: Article

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