Grating orientation as a measure of tactile spatial acuity

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 197-206

  Craig, James C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous sensitivity; Spatial acuity; Tactile sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FINGER; GRATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FINGERS; HUMANS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH;

EID: 0032832427     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990229970456     Document Type: Article

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