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001 2008043780
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008 081022s2009 nyua b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9781841698960 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a1841698962 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)263604738
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dC#P$dBWX$dCDX$dNLM$dDLC
050 00 $aQP451$b.G47 2009
082 00 $a612.8/8$222
100 1 $aGescheider, George A.
245 10 $aInformation-processing channels in the tactile sensory system :$ba psychophysical and physiological analysis /$cGeorge A. Gescheider, John H. Wright, Ronald T. Verrillo.
260 $aNew York :$bPsychology Press,$cc2009.
300 $aix, 135 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aScientific psychology series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 113-124) and indexes.
505 0 $aChannels 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.
650 0 $aTouch.
650 12 $aTouch$xphysiology.
650 22 $aMechanoreceptors$xphysiology.
650 22 $aSensory Thresholds$xphysiology.
650 22 $aTouch Perception$xphysiology.
700 1 $aWright, John H.,$d1938-
700 1 $aVerrillo, Ronald T.
830 0 $aScientific psychology series.