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Information Processing in the Somatosensory System

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Ove Franzén

    1. Department of Human Anatomy, University of Uppsala, Sweden

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  2. Jan Westman

    1. Department of Human Anatomy, University of Uppsala, Sweden

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Table of contents (34 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. General Overviews

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Vicissitudes of Representations in the Neuro-Behavioral Sciences

      • Gerhard Werner
      Pages 3-10

    3. Capacities and Limitations of Tactile Processing

      • James C. Craig
      Pages 11-22

  3. Peripheral Transduction and Encoding

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Afferent Signals During Manipulative Tasks in Humans

      • Roland S. Johansson, Göran Westling
      Pages 25-48

    3. Surface Microgeometry: Tactile Perception and Neural Encoding

      • Robert H. LaMotte, Mandayam A. Srinivasan
      Pages 49-58

    4. Encoding of Shape in the Responses of Cutaneous Mechanoreceptors

      • Mandayam A. Srinivasan, Robert H. LaMotte
      Pages 59-69

    5. Neural Population Encoding of Touch Intensity

      • O. Franzén, D. Kenshalo Sr, G. Essick
      Pages 71-80

    6. Peripheral Neural Basis for the Tactile Perception of Texture

      • A. W. Goodwin, K. T. John
      Pages 81-91

  5. Representations, Mapping and Modifiability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175
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    2. Ontogenetic and Phylogenetic Perspectives on Somatic Sensory Cortex and Tactile function

      • Mary Carlson
      Pages 177-192

    3. Neural Ontogeny of Higher Brain Function: Implications of Some Recent Neurophysiological Findings

      • Michael M. Merzenich, Terry T. Allard, William M. Jenkins
      Pages 193-209

    4. The Parcellation of Somatosensory Cortex: Modules, Columns and Somatotopic Segregations

      • Jon H. Kaas
      Pages 211-219
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About this book

This book examines the search for building blocks of perception and the study of the neural mechanisms of tactile perception ie the neuronal representation of the external world relayed through the somatosensory system. It includes important experimental and theoretical advances in research on somesthesis. The most recent developments in quantitative techniques used in the nervous system are explained, from peripheral transduction, structure connectivity and transmitter agents to plasticity and dynamic cortical mechanisms. Each contributor discusses the significance and implications of current neurobiological knowledge essential for an understanding of tactile perception.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Human Anatomy, University of Uppsala, Sweden

    Ove Franzén, Jan Westman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Information Processing in the Somatosensory System

  • Editors: Ove Franzén, Jan Westman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11597-6

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1991

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 467

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Human Physiology

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Health & Hospitals, Pharma

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