Central neural mechanisms contributing to the perception of tactile roughness

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 225-233

  Chapman, C Elaine ^a   Tremblay, François ^b   Jiang, Wan ^a   Belingard, Loc ^a   Meftah, El Mehdi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnitude estimates; Perceptual constancy; Primary somatosensory cortex; Speed; Touch

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HAPLORHINI; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOUCH;

EID: 0037145102     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00168-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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