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Information-processing channels in the tactile sensory system : a psychophysical and physiological analysis / George A. Gescheider, John H. Wright, Ronald T. Verrillo.
LIBRA QP451 .G47 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gescheider, George A.
- Series:
- Scientific psychology series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Touch.
- Touch--physiology.
- Mechanoreceptors--physiology.
- Sensory Thresholds--physiology.
- Touch Perception--physiology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Touch--physiology.
- Mechanoreceptors--physiology.
- Sensory Thresholds--physiology.
- Touch Perception--physiology.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 135 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Psychology Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- Channels in touch
- Identification of specific neural systems responsible for mechanoreception
- Duplex model of mechanoreception
- Spatial and temporal summation in the P system
- The neural bases of the tactile systems
- Anatomy of tactile receptors
- Neurophysiology of tactile receptors and their nerve fibers
- Neural bases of the P and NP systems
- Four neural systems mediate the detection of vibratory stimuli
- Frequency selectivity of a neural system is determined by its receptors
- From neural systems to information-processing channels
- Sensation-magnitude enhancement occurs within but not across channels
- Multichannel model of tactile sensitivity
- The psychophysical tuning curve
- Testing the multichannel model through experiments on adaptation and masking
- Adaptation reveals the existence of tactile channels
- Masking occurs within but not across channels
- Testing the multichannel model through experiments on sensory learning
- Properties of tactile channels
- The frequency selectivity of channels
- Temporal summation and temporal acuity
- Spatial acuity
- Edge detection
- Spatial summation
- Effects of observer characteristics
- Effects of aging on the sensitivity of tactile channels
- Effects of the menstrual cycle
- The functional roles of channels
- Channels enhance the detectability of stimuli
- Channels enhance the discriminability of stimuli
- The functional roles of the individual tactile channels
- The decibel scale
- The functional role of the PC channel
- The functional role of the RA channel
- The functional role of the SA I channel
- The functional role of the SA II channel
- Specialization of channels
- Channel interactions
- Summation of sensation magnitude across channels
- The perception of texture
- Role of attention in the enhancement and summation of sensation magnitude
- Interactions between tactile channels and other somatosensory submodalities.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-124) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781841698960
- 1841698962
- OCLC:
- 263604738
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