Feeling fooled: Texture contaminates the neural code for tactile speed.

Motion is an essential component of everyday tactile experience: most manual interactions involve relative movement between the skin and objects. Much of the research on the neural basis of tactile motion perception has focused on how direction is encoded, but less is known about how speed is. Perce...

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Main Authors: Benoit P Delhaye, Molly K O'Donnell, Justin D Lieber, Kristine R McLellan, Sliman J Bensmaia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-08-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000431