Noninformative vision causes adaptive changes in tactile sensitivity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 27, 2007, Pages 7136-7140

  Harris, Justin A ^a   Arabzadeh, Ehsan ^a   Moore, Clinton A ^a   Clifford, Colin W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Detection; Discrimination; Multisensory; Touch; Visuo tactile

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH; VISION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34447118824     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2102-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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