Short-term visual deprivation does not enhance passive tactile spatial acuity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Wong, Michael ^a   Hackeman, Erik ^b   Hurd, Caitlin ^a   Goldreich, Daniel ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PLASTICITY; SENSORY SYSTEM; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE SPATIAL ACUITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TOUCH; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053113771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025277     Document Type: Article

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