Spatiotemporal integration in somatosensory perception: effects of sensory saltation on pointing at perceived positions on the body surface

In the past, sensory saltation phenomena (Geldard & Sherrick, Science, 1972) have been used repeatedly to analyze the spatiotemporal integration capacity of somatosensory and other sensory mechanisms by means of their psychophysical characteristic. The core phenomenon consists in a systemati...

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Main Authors: Jörg Trojan, Annette M Stolle, Antonija Mršić Carl, Dieter Kleinböhl, Hong Z Tan, Rupert Hölzl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00206/full