Tactile perception of the roughness of the end of a tool: What role does tool handle roughness play?

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 400, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-239

  Zampini, Massimiliano ^a,b,c   Mawhinney, Sara ^d   Spence, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Roughness; Tactile perception; Texture; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; VISION;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOUCH;

EID: 33646489767     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.02.068     Document Type: Article

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