A tactile stimulator for studying passive shape perception

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-229

  Lane, John W ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Paul J ^a,b   Yau, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Pembeci, Izzet ^a,b   Hsiao, Steven S ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Haptic; Orientation; Shape; Somatosensory; Stimulator; Tactile

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL MONKEY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MECHANORECEPTOR; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN SENSATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; HUMANS; MECHANORECEPTORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 72249096054     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.09.025     Document Type: Article

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