Effects on discrimination performance of selective attention to tactile features

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-157

  Sinclair, Robert J ^a   Kuo, J J ^a,b   Burton, H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributes; Filtering; Hand; Human; Touch; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0034034391     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220050020562     Document Type: Article

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