Touch noise increases vibrotactile sensitivity in old and young

Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 313-320

  Well, Cari ^a   Ward, Lawrence M ^a,b   Chua, R ^a   Inglis, J Timothy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MIDDLE AGED; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 17444400119     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.01533.x     Document Type: Article

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