Human Ability to Scale and Discriminate Forces Typical of Those Occurring during Grasp and Manipulation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 3394-3401

  Wheat, Heather E ^a   Salo, Lauren M ^a   Goodwin, Antony W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grasp stability; Grip force; Mechanoreceptive afferents; Psychophysics; Sensorimotor control; Tactile resolution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COORDINATION; FORCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SKIN; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MECHANORECEPTORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TORQUE; TOUCH;

EID: 1842610836     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4822-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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