Spatial organisation in passive tactile perception: Is there a tactile field?

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 355-360

  Serino, Andrea ^a,b   Giovagnoli, Giulia ^b   de Vignemont, Frederique ^c   Haggard, Patrick ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Centro Studi e Ricerche in Neuroscienze Cognitive   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES COGNITIVES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gestalt; Sensory and motor testing; Sensory perception; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; TOUCH;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH;

EID: 44649189143     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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