Intra- and interactive touch on the face

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-11

  Verrillo, Ronald T ^a   Bolanowski, Stanley J ^a,b   McGlone, Francis P ^c  

^a Syracuse Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Psychophysics; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEEK; FACE; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER LIP; MALE; MECHANICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE STIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; TOUCH;

CHEEK; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACE; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; LIP; MECHANORECEPTORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SELF STIMULATION; TOUCH;

EID: 0037269709     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0899022031000083780     Document Type: Article

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