Psychophysical investigations into cortical encoding of vibrotactile stimuli

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn 270, Issue , 2006, Pages 238-245

  Harris, Justin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; NEURONS; RATS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 33747409479     PISSN: 15282511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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