Information-processing channels in the tactile sensory system

a psychophysical and physiological analysis

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George A. Gescheider, George A ...
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Information-processing channels in the tactile sensory system

a psychophysical and physiological analysis

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Psychology Press
Language
English

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Table of Contents

Channels in touch
Identification of specific neural syste MS
Responsible for mech anoreception
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
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 function AL 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York
Series
Scientific psychology series

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
612.8/8
Library of Congress
QP451 .G47 2009, QP451.G47 2009, QP451 .G47 2009eb

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22658182M
ISBN 13
9781841698960
LCCN
2008043780
OCLC/WorldCat
698105504, 263604738
Goodreads
4305429

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