A ratio code for vibrotactile pitch

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 134-145

  Roy, Elizabeth A ^a   Hollins, Mark ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel; Magnitude estimation; Model; Pitch; Ratio code; Vibrotaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CODING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; LOUDNESS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SKIN STIMULATION; STIMULUS; VIBRATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PITCH PERCEPTION; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 0031929121     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990229870862     Document Type: Article

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