Peripheral neuropathy and object length perception by effortful (dynamic) touch: A case study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 405, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 159-163

  Carello, Claudia ^a   Kinsella Shaw, Jeffrey ^a   Amazeen, Eric L ^b   Turvey, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic touch; Handedness; Haptic perception; Peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINE DISEASE; TOUCH;

ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; SIZE PERCEPTION; TOUCH; WEIGHT PERCEPTION;

EID: 33746862557     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.06.047     Document Type: Article

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