The Tactile Continuity Illusion

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1784-1790

  Kitagawa, Norimichi ^a   Igarashi, Yuka ^a,b   Kashino, Makio ^a,c,d  

^a Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

continuity illusion; perceptual completion; vibrotactile sensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME; TOUCH; VIBRATION; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VIBRATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73649095111     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016891     Document Type: Article

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