Touch influences visual perception with a tight orientation-tuning

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Van Der Groen, Onno ^a   Van Der Burg, Erik ^b   Lunghi, Claudia ^c,d   Alais, David ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; TOUCH; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TOUCH; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890768013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079558     Document Type: Article

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