Good vibrations: Human interval timing in the vibrotactile modality

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2171-2186

  Jones, Luke A ^a   Poliakoff, Ellen ^a   Wells, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clock speed; Difference threshold; Modality differences; Time perception; Vibrotactile

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; STIMULATION; TIME PERCEPTION; VIBRATION; VISION;

ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION; VIBRATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 70349547239     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210902782200     Document Type: Article

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