Feeling Better: Separate Pathways for Targeted Enhancement of Spatial and Temporal Touch

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 555-565

  Yau, Jeffrey M ^a   Celnik, Pablo ^a   Hsiao, Steven S ^a   Desmond, John E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

brain stimulation; cognitive neuroscience; crossmodal processing; multisensory; perception; perceptual enhancement; spatial perception; tactile; temporal frequency; vibrotactile thresholds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DEVICES; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TIME PERCEPTION; TOUCH; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84893521330     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613511467     Document Type: Article

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