Representation of orientation in the somatosensory system

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 93-103

  Hsiao, Steven S ^a   Lane, John ^a   Fitzgerald, Paul ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Orientation tuning; S1 cortex; S2 cortex; Somatosensory; Tactile

Indexed keywords

CELL ASSAY; CELL FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FINGER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; RELIABILITY; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FINGERS; HUMANS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; ORIENTATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0037145084     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00160-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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