The importance of stimulus parameters for the experience of the thermal grill illusion

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 275-282

  Li, X ^a   Petrini, L ^a   Wang, L ^a   Defrin, R ^b   Arendt Nielsen, L ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gender difference; Pain; Sensation reaction time; Synthetic heat; Thermal grill illusion (TGI)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL SENSATION; FEMALE; FINGER; GLABROUS SKIN; HAND PALM; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL SENSATION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; SENSATION; SENSORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS PARAMETER; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THERMAL GRILL ILLUSION; THERMAL STIMULATION; UNPLEASANT SENSATION;

ADULT; COLD TEMPERATURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HAND; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70949085318     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: 17697131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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