A vibrotactile behavioral battery for investigating somatosensory processing in children and adults

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-47

  Puts, Nicolaas A J ^a,b   Edden, Richard A E ^a,b   Wodka, Ericka L ^a,b   Mostofsky, Stewart H ^a,b   Tommerdahl, Mark ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral; GABA; Pediatric; Somatosensory; Stimulator; Vibrotactile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIBROTACTILE BATTERY;

AMPLITUDE DISCRIMINATION - DUAL-SITE ADAPTATION; AMPLITUDE DISCRIMINATION - NO ADAPTATION; AMPLITUDE DISCRIMINATION - SINGLE-SITE ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL; CHOICE REACTION TIME TASK; CRT; DAD; DD; DYNAMIC DETECTION THRESHOLD TASK; GABA; HA; HEALTHY ADULTS; INTERSTIMULUS INTERVAL; INTERTRIAL INTERVAL; ISI; ITI; LD2/LD3; LEFT DIGIT 2 AND LEFT DIGIT 3; NAD; PEDIATRIC; SAD; SD; SEQUENTIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SIMPLE REACTION TIME TASK; SIMULTANEOUS FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SMFD; SOMATOSENSORY; SQFD; SRT; STATIC DETECTION THRESHOLD TASK; STIMULATOR; TDC; TYPICALLY DEVELOPING CHILDREN; VIBROTACTILE;

ADULT; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VIBRATION;

EID: 84878681300     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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