Some characteristics of tactile channels

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 35-40

  Gescheider, G A ^a,c   Bolanowski, S J ^b,c   Verrillo, R T ^c  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Syracuse Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Tactile channels; Tactile receptors; Tactile sensitivity; Temporal summation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGE; ARTICLE; GLABROUS SKIN; MASKING; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN RECEPTOR; SPATIAL SUMMATION; STIMULATION; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; TOUCH; TUNING CURVE;

EID: 0346995466     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(03)00177-3     Document Type: Article

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