Haptic discrimination of object shape in humans: Two-dimensional angle discrimination

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 239-250

  Voisin, Julien ^a   Benoit, Geneviève ^a   Chapman, Elaine C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active touch; Cutaneous; Proprioceptive; Tactile shape discrimination; Two dimensional angles

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; ROTATION; SHOULDER; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TOUCH;

EID: 0036301881     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1117-6     Document Type: Article

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