The effects of heat-induced pain on the detectability, discriminability, and sensation magnitude of vibrotactile stimuli

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-9

  Bolanowski, S J ^a   Gescheider, G A ^a   Fontana, A M ^a   Niemiec, J L ^a   Tromblay, J L ^a  

^a Syracuse Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensity discrimination; Pain; Psychophysics; Sensation magnitude; Touch gate; Vibrotaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 0035075018     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220020002015     Document Type: Article

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