Texture-induced vibrations in the forearm during tactile exploration

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JULY, 2012, Pages

  Delhaye, Benoit ^a   Hayward, Vincent ^b   Lefèvre, Philippe ^a   Thonnard, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

References; Roughness; Texture; Touch; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FINGER; FOREARM; FRICTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIODICITY; SKIN STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VIBRATION; VIBRATION SENSE; WRIST;

EID: 84864386791     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2012.00037     Document Type: Article

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