Individual differences in the vibrotactile perception of a "simple" pattern set

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 850-866

  Cholewiak, Roger W ^a   Collins, Amy A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 0031205189     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03205503     Document Type: Article

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