CT-optimized skin stroking delivered by hand or robot is comparable

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Triscoli, Chantal ^a   Olausson, Håkan ^a   Sailer, Uta ^a   Ignell, Hanna ^a   Croy, Ilona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

C tactile; Nerve fibers; Physiology; Pleasant touch; Robot touch; Unmyelinated

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTICS; SENSORY STIMULATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE FEEDBACK; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; VELOCITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890876803     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00208     Document Type: Article

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