Tactile speed scaling: Contributions of time and space

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1422-1434

  Dépeault, Alexandra ^a   Meftah, El Mehdi ^a   Chapman, C Elaine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Départment de physiologie   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH;

EID: 40949103898     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01209.2007     Document Type: Article

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