Discrimination in the sense of flutter: New psychophysical measurements in monkeys

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 6391-6400

  Hernández, Adrián ^a   Salinas, Emilio ^a   García, Rafael ^a   Romo, Ranulfo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Categorization; Discrimination; Flutter; Monkeys; Psychophysics; Vibrotactile stimuli

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIBRATION SENSE;

EID: 0343118106     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-16-06391.1997     Document Type: Article

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