Comparative analysis of tactile sensibility between the fingers in vibrotactile stimulus recognition

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lima, Ana Carolina Oliveira ^a   Silvério Freire, Raimundo Carlos ^b   De Assis, Francisco Marcos ^b   Silva e Silva, Rodrigo Carlos ^a   De Souza, Anderson Fabricio Ramos ^a  

^a Foundation Center of Analisys   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Analysis from tactile sensibility; Psychophysics tests; Vibrotactile stimulator

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VISION;

ANALYSIS FROM TACTILE SENSIBILITY; BLIND PERSONS; PSYCHOPHYSICS TESTS; VIBROTACTILE STIMULATORS;

VIBROTACTILE AIDS;

EID: 34648822324     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/imtc.2007.379431     Document Type: Conference Paper

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