Aging and curvature discrimination from static and dynamic touch.

Two experiments evaluated the ability of 30 older and younger adults to discriminate the curvature of simple object surfaces from static and dynamic touch. The ages of the older adults ranged from 66 to 85 years, while those of the younger adults ranged from 20 to 29 years. For each participant in b...

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Main Authors: J Farley Norman, Astrid M L Kappers, Jacob R Cheeseman, Cecilia Ronning, Kelsey E Thomason, Michael W Baxter, Autum B Calloway, Davora N Lamirande
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3699499?pdf=render