The effects of skin temperature on the detection and discrimination of tactile stimulation

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-188

  Gescheider, G A ^a,b   Thorpe, J M ^a   Goodarz, J ^a   Bolanowski, S J ^b,c  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Syracuse Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

^c Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

Four channel model of mechanoreception; Intensity discrimination; Skirt temperature; Tactile; Weber's law

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; THENAR;

EID: 0030670678     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990229771042     Document Type: Article

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