Tactile pattern perception by two fingers: Temporal interference and response competition

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 252-265

  Craig, James C ^a   Qian, Xiuying ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FINGER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; TOUCH;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; STEREOGNOSIS; TOUCH;

EID: 0031067668     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03211893     Document Type: Article

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