Use-dependent cortical processing from fingertips in touchscreen phone users

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 109-116

  Gindrat, Anne Dominique ^a   Chytiris, Magali ^a,b   Balerna, Myriam ^a,b   Rouiller, Eric M ^a   Ghosh, Arko ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Neuroscience Center Zurich and Division of Neurosurgery   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUDLEYA EDULIS;

ADULT; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CELL PHONES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; TOUCH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920627981     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.11.026     Document Type: Article

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