Investigating the mechanisms of visually-evoked tactile sensations

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-53

  McKenzie, Kirsten J ^a,b   Lloyd, Donna M ^a   Brown, Richard J ^a   Plummer, Faye ^a   Poliakoff, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Multisensory; Perception; Somatosensory; Touch; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TOUCH; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84655160827     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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