Thermotactile thresholds at the fingertip: Effect of contact area and contact location

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 82-92

  Seah, Sue Ann ^a   Griffin, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact area; Contact location; Fingertip; Spatial summation; Thermoreceptors; Thermotactile thresholds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THERMOSENSING;

EID: 77956479378     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: 13691651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08990220.2010.510867     Document Type: Article

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