Vibrotactile pattern recognition on the arm and back

Perception

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-68

  Jones, Lynette A ^a   Kunkel, Jacquelyn ^a   Piateski, Erin ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; STATISTICS; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

ADULT; BACK; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MANUAL COMMUNICATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SKIN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350611945     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p5914     Document Type: Article

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