A dense array stimulator to generate arbitrary spatio-temporal tactile stimuli

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-74

  Killebrew, Justin H ^a   Bensmaïa, Sliman J ^a   Dammann, John F ^a   Denchev, Peter ^a   Hsiao, Steven S ^a   Craig, James C ^b   Johnson, Kenneth O ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurophysiology; Psychophysics; Somatosensory; Spatial processing; Stimulator; Tactile

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION;

BRAIN MAPPING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SKIN; SOFTWARE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION; TOUCH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33847362304     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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