Tactile spatial acuity varies with site and axis in the human upper limb

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 433, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-108

  Cody, Frederick W J ^a   Garside, Rebecca A D ^a   Lloyd, Donna ^a   Poliakoff, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human; Locognosia; Somatosensory perception; Tactile sensation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTIVE FIELD; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH; UPPER EXTREMITY; WRIST;

EID: 39649089148     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.12.054     Document Type: Article

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