Information-processing channels in the tactile sensory system : a psychophysical and physiological analysis /: a psychophysical and physiological analysis. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: George A. Gescheider, John H. Wright, Ronald T. Verrillo.
• Other Names: Gescheider, George A; Wright, John H, 1938-; Verrillo, Ronald T
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Psychology Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (136 pages)
• Subjects: 612.8/8; PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology; Touch; Touch -- physiology; Mechanoreceptors -- physiology; Sensory Thresholds -- physiology; Touch Perception -- physiology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781135419240; 1135419248
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