Coding of Object Shape and Texture

The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages 55-66

  Hsiao, S S ^a   Bensmaia, S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coding; Hardness; Objects; Peripheral afferents; Receptive fields; Roughness; Shape; SI; SII; Slipperiness; Tactile; Texture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882510791     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370880-9.00345-5     Document Type: Chapter

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