Learning not to feel: reshaping the resolution of tactile perception

We asked whether biased feedback during training could cause human subjects to lose perceptual acuity in a vibrotactile frequency discrimination task. Prior to training, we determined each subject’s vibration frequency discrimination capacity on one fingertip, the Just Noticeable Difference (JND). S...

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Main Authors: Mohsen eOmrani, Armin eLak, Mathew E Diamond
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsys.2013.00029/full