Symposium on Cutaneous Sensitivity, 11-13 February 1960

Abstract

Contents: Introduction; Receptive Capacities of the Skin; The Neural Coding of Somesthetic Sensation: A Psychophysical Neurophysiological Comparison; The Influence of Inhibition on the Sensation Pattern of the Skin and the Eye; Some Subjective Magnitude Functions for Touch; Discussion of the Preceding Four Papers; Possibilities of Cutaneous Electro-Pulse Communication; Some Coding Problems in the Design of a Cutaneous Communications Channel; On the Potential of Tactual Displays; An Interpretation of Recent Findings; On Optimizing Cutaneous Communication: A Respectful Supplement to Some Adventures in Tactile Literacy; The Unfinished Chapter; Comments on the Preceding Five Papers; Observations Relating to Some Common Psychophysical Functions as Applied to the Skin; Cutaneous Research Possibilities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 22, 1960
Accession Number
AD0249541

Entities

People

  • Glenn R. Hawkes

Organizations

  • United States Army Medical Research Laboratory

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  • Biomedical

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  • Ear
  • Geography
  • Health Services
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Medical Personnel
  • Peripheral Nervous System
  • Psychology
  • Psychophysiology
  • Sensory Receptor Cells

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