Importance of temporal cues for tactile spatial-frequency discrimination

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 7416-7427

  Gamzu, E ^a   Ahissar, E ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Humans; Learning; Neural code; Psychophysics; Spatial coding; Tactile discrimination; Temporal coding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0035884983     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-18-07416.2001     Document Type: Article

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