Superior Sensitivity for Tactile Stimuli Oriented Proximally-Distally on the Finger: Implications for Mixed Class 1 and Class 2 Anisotropies

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 515-527

  Essock, Edward A ^b   Krebs, William K ^a   Prather, James R ^c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0031523989     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.23.2.515     Document Type: Article

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