Vibrotactile amplitude discrimination capacity parallels magnitude changes in somatosensory cortex and follows Weber's Law

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-56

  Francisco, E ^a   Tannan, V ^a   Zhang, Z ^a   Holden, J ^a   Tommerdahl, M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude discrimination; SI cortex; Somatosensory; Vibrotactile; Weber's Law

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VIBRATION;

EID: 52449118490     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1494-6     Document Type: Article

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