Contribution of thermal cues to material discrimination and localization

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 118-128

  Ho, Hsin Ni ^a   Jones, Lynette A ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TOUCH;

ADULT; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TOUCH;

EID: 33646451555     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193662     Document Type: Article

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