Effects of stimulus frequency and duration on somatosensory discrimination responses

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-30

  Spackman, L A ^a   Boyd, S G ^a   Towell, A ^b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Electrophysiology; Evoked potentials; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRATION;

EID: 33846708005     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0650-0     Document Type: Article

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