Spatial and temporal codes mediate the tactile perception of natural textures

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 17107-17112

  Weber, Alison I ^a   Saal, Hannes P ^a   Lieber, Justin D ^b   Cheng, Ju Wen ^a,c   Manfredi, Louise R ^a   Dammann III, John F ^a   Bensmaia, Sliman J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Neurophysiology; Psychophysics; Roughness; Spike timing; Touch

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EVOKED RESPONSE; MACACA; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RHESUS MONKEY; SKIN; TOUCH; VELOCITY; VIBRATION;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; ROUGHNESS; SPIKE TIMING; TOUCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; SKIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VIBRATION;

EID: 84885780119     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1305509110     Document Type: Article

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