Tactile illusion-produced number perception in blind and sighted persons

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1167-1170

  Gonzales, Gilbert R ^a,c   Lewis, Susan A ^a,b   Amy, R N ^a,b   Weaver, M S ^a,b   Paul, Dennis ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 0031742017     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/73.12.1167     Document Type: Article

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