The saltation illusion demonstrates integrative processing of spatiotemporal information in thermoceptive and nociceptive networks

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 88-96

  Trojan, Jörg ^a,b   Stolle, Annette M ^a,c   Kleinböhl, Dieter ^a   Mørch, Carsten D ^b   Arendt Neilsen, Lars ^b   Hölzl, Rupert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human; Illusion; Lasers; Perception; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SALTATION ILLUSION; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN SENSATION; SKIN STIMULATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ARM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HEAT; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; LASERS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NERVE NET; NOCICEPTORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TEMPERATURE; THERMORECEPTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 33644835259     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-0190-z     Document Type: Article

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