Texture perception through direct and indirect touch: An analysis of perceptual space for tactile textures in two modes of exploration

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 53-70

  Yoshioka, T ^a   Bensmaia S J ^a   Craig, J C ^b   Hsiao, S S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissimilarity; Hardness; Multidimensional scaling; Probe; Roughness; Stickiness; Texture

Indexed keywords

RUBBER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRICTION; HARDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; NERVE CELL; PAPER; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION; STEREOGNOSIS; VIBRATION;

EID: 34547914196     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: 13691651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220701318163     Document Type: Article

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