A letter-recognition task to assess lingual tactile acuity

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1324-1330

  Essick, Greg K ^a   Chen, Carol C ^b   Kelly, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RECOGNITION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TONGUE;

EID: 0032695586     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2391(99)90871-6     Document Type: Article

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