Trajectory of contact region on the fingerpad gives the illusion of haptic shape

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 387-394

  Dostmohamed, Hanifa ^a   Hayward, Vincent ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Haptic perception; Illusory perception; Shape discrimination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TOUCH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FINGERS; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH;

EID: 23744481881     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-2262-5     Document Type: Article

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