Tactile spatial sensitivity and anisotropy

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1061-1079

  Gibson, Gregory O ^a   Craig, James C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 28844469217     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193632     Document Type: Review

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