Vibrotactile masking through the body

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 232, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2859-2863

  D'Amour, Sarah ^a   Harris, Laurence R ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body representation; Flat body hypothesis; Long range tactile masking; Somatosensory sensitivity; Tactile detection thresholds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CURVE FITTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH; TACTILE STIMULATION; VIBROTACTILE MASKING; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ART; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; TOUCH; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906317182     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-014-3955-4     Document Type: Article

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