Kinematics of unconstrained tactile texture exploration

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3013-3020

  Callier, Thierri ^a   Saal, Hannes P ^a   Davis Berg, Elizabeth C ^b   Bensmaia, Sliman J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Chair Emeritus in the Business and Entrepreneurship Department at Columbia College Chicago   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Exploratory procedures; Haptics; Scanning speed; Texture perception; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEXTURE PERCEPTION; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT; FINGER; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADULT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOUCH;

EID: 84976443993     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00703.2014     Document Type: Article

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