Effects of temperature on the subjective magnitude of vibration

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-137

  Verrillo, Ronald T ^a,b   Bolanowski, Stanley J ^a  

^a Syracuse Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

^b Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Suprathreshold; Temperature; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THENAR; VIBRATION;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MIDDLE AGED; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 0038279898     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089902203100105163     Document Type: Article

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