The search for a sixth sense: The cases for vestibular, muscle, and temperature senses

Journal of the History of the Neurosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-202

  Wade, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Movement sense; Muscle sense; Senses; Touch; Vertigo; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; HEARING; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; INNER EAR; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SENSATION; SMELLING; TASTE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TOUCH; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VISION;

HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLES; NEUROSCIENCES; SENSATION; TEMPERATURE SENSE; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0042130177     PISSN: 0964704X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jhin.12.2.175.15539     Document Type: Review

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