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Somesthesis and the Neurobiology of the Somatosensory Cortex

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Editors:
  1. O. Franzén

    1. Department of Human Anatomy Biomedical Center (BMC), Uppsala University, Sweden

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  2. R. Johansson

    1. Department of Physiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

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  3. L. Terenius

    1. Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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Table of contents (34 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XX
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  3. Psychophysics of somatosensation

    1. Information processing channels in the sense of touch

      • S. J. Bolanowski
      Pages 49-58

    2. A novel approach for studying direction discrimination

      • G. K. Essick, E. M. Rath, D. G. Kelly, A. James, R. A. Murray
      Pages 59-71

    3. Tactile directional sensibility; theoretical and functional aspects

      • Ulf Norrsell, Håkan Olausson
      Pages 73-82

    4. Experimental assessment of the temporal hypothesis of velocity scaling

      • G. K. Essisk, O. Franzén, T. A. Nguyen, K. Jowers, J. W. Shores, A. James et al.
      Pages 83-98

    5. Vebrotactile adaptation of a RA system: A psychophysical analysis

      • M. Hollins, K. A. Delemos, A. K. Goble
      Pages 101-111

    6. Tactile neutral codes for the shapes and orientation of objects

      • Robert H. LaMotte, Charles Lu, Mandayam A. Srivasan
      Pages 113-122

    7. Tactual discrimination of softness: abilities and mechanisms

      • Mandayam A. Srinivasan, Robert H. LaMotte
      Pages 123-135

    8. Representation of the shape and contact force of handled objects in populations of cutaneous afferents

      • A. W. Goodwin, A. S. Browning, H. E. Wheat
      Pages 137-145

    9. Haptic object processing I: Early perceptual features

      • Roberta L. Klatzky, Susan J. Lederman, Cheryl O’Neill
      Pages 147-152

    10. Haptic object identification II: Purposive exploration

      • Susan J. Lederman, Roberta L. Klatzky
      Pages 153-161

  4. Cortical representation of somatosensation

    1. The somatosensory cortex

      • Jon H. Kaas
      Pages 163-171

    2. The organization of lateral somatosensory cortex in primates and other mammals

      • L. A. Krubitzer
      Pages 173-185

    3. Serial processing in the somatosensory system of macaques

      • T. P. Pons
      Pages 187-195

    4. Parallel processing in somatosensory areas I and II of the cerebral cortex

      • M. J. Rowe, A. B. Turman, G. M. Murray, H. Q. Zhang
      Pages 197-211

    5. Linearity as the basic law of psychophysics: Evidence from studies of the neural mechanisms of roughness magnitude estimation

      • Kenneth O. Johnson, Steven S. Hsiao, David T. Blake
      Pages 213-228
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Human Anatomy Biomedical Center (BMC), Uppsala University, Sweden

    O. Franzén

  • Department of Physiology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

    R. Johansson

  • Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    L. Terenius

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Somesthesis and the Neurobiology of the Somatosensory Cortex

  • Editors: O. Franzén, R. Johansson, L. Terenius

  • Series Title: Advances in Life Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9016-8

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Birkhäuser Verlag 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-9868-3Published: 18 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-9016-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 424

  • Topics: Neurobiology, Neurosciences, Neuropsychology

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