Influence of object shape on responses of human tactile afferents under conditions characteristic of manipulation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 164-176

  Jenmalm, Per ^a   Birznieks, Ingvars ^a   Goodwin, Antony W ^b   Johansson, Roland S ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cutaneous mechanoreceptors; Fingertip force; Human fingertip; Microneurography; Object curvature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH;

ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FINGERS; FORM PERCEPTION; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SKIN; TOUCH; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0043169371     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02721.x     Document Type: Article

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