Tactile perceptual learning: Learning curves and transfer to the contralateral finger

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 477-488

  Kaas, Amanda L ^a   Van De Ven, Vincent ^a   Reithler, Joel ^a,b   Goebel, Rainer ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Human; Perceptual learning; Somatosensory; Vernier

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; VISION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; LEARNING; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84873726688     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3329-8     Document Type: Article

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