Feeling small: Exploring the tactile perception limits

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Skedung, Lisa ^a,e   Arvidsson, Martin ^b   Chung, Jun Young ^c,f   Stafford, Christopher M ^c   Berglund, Birgitta ^b,d   Rutland, Mark W ^a,e  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884253667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02617     Document Type: Article

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