Difference thresholds for intensity perception of whole-body vertical vibration: Effect of frequency and magnitude

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 620-624

  Morioka, Miyuki ^a   Griffin, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRATION SENSE; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; VIBRATION;

EID: 0033989190     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.428331     Document Type: Article

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