Tactile Sensory Control of Object Manipulation in Humans

The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages 67-86

  Johansson, R S ^a   Flanagan, J R ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Feedforward sensory control; Grasp stability; Grip force; Human hand; Internal representation of objects; Manipulation; Motor control; Movement; Procedural memory; Saccades; Sensorimotor predictions; Sensorimotor transformation; Tactile afferents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882556810     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370880-9.00346-7     Document Type: Chapter

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