Optimal integration of shape information from vision and touch

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 595-606

  Helbig, Hannah B ^a   Ernst, Marc O ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Multisensory integration; Optimal perception; Shape information; Touch; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTEGRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TOUCH; VISION; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 34249015072     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0814-y     Document Type: Article

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