Thresholds for the perception of hand-transmitted vibration: Dependence on contact area and contact location

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 281-297

  Morioka, Miyuki ^a   Griffin, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absolute perception threshold; Hand transmitted vibration; Perception; Receptors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER; GLABROUS SKIN; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PACINI CORPUSCLE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOUCH; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ATTENTION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; NERVE FIBERS; ORIENTATION; PACINIAN CORPUSCLES; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VIBRATION;

EID: 33644612873     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220500420400     Document Type: Article

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