Effect of posture change on tactile perception: impaired direction discrimination performance with interleaved fingers

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 498-508

  Zampini, Massimiliano ^a,b   Harris, Charlotte ^a   Spence, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multisensory integration; Postural effects; Proprioception; Tactile perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY POSTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 27144549832     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-2390-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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