Intermanual and intramanual tactual grating discrimination

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-127

  Nefs, Harold T ^a   Kappers, Astrid M L ^a   Koenderink, Jan J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Interhemispheric interaction; Perceptual discrimination; Tactual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; GRATING; HUMAN; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TOUCH;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH;

EID: 20944443042     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-2227-8     Document Type: Article

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