Perception of the tactile texture of raised-dot patterns: A multidimensional analysis

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 127-140

  Gescheider, George A ^a,b   Bolanowski, Stanley J ^b,c   Greenfield, Tyler C ^a   Brunette, Katyarina E ^a  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Syracuse Institute for Sensory Research   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanoreception; Roughness; Somatosensation; Tactile sensitivity; Texture perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 28844437471     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: 13691651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220500262018     Document Type: Article

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