Spatiotemporal integration in somatosensory perception: Effects of sensory saltation on pointing at perceived positions on the body surface

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue DEC, 2010, Pages

  Trojan, Jörg ^a   Stolle, Annette M ^a,c   Carl, Antonija Mršić ^a,d   Kleinböhl, Dieter ^a   Tan, Hong Z ^b   Hölzl, Rupert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BG Trauma Center   (Germany)

^d User Interface Design GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Illusion; Somatosensory perception; Spatiotemporal integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867047500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00206     Document Type: Article

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