Effect of fingerprints orientation on skin vibrations during tactile exploration of textured surfaces

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 422-424

  Prevost, Alexis ^a   Scheibert, Julien ^b   Debrégeas, Georges ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Epidermal ridges; Fingerprints; Somatosensory systems; Tactile perception of texture

Indexed keywords

VIBRIO;

EID: 77951275628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.2.5.9052     Document Type: Note

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