Relative effects of the spatial and temporal characteristics of scanned surfaces on human perception of tactile roughness using passive touch

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 351-361

  Meftah, El Mehdi ^a   Belingard, Lo ^a   Chapman, C Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnitude estimates; Perceptual constancy; Speed; Texture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SURFACE PROPERTY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TOUCH; VELOCITY;

EID: 0034127776     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210000348     Document Type: Article

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