Haptic search is more efficient when the stimulus can be interpreted as consisting of fewer items

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-56

  Overvliet, K E ^a   Mayer, K M ^a   Smeets, J B J ^a   Brenner, E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Haptic perception; Haptic search; Proprioception; Sensory perception; Tactile perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; TOUCH;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STEREOGNOSIS; TOUCH;

EID: 36849019002     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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