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- Received July 29, 2009
- Revision received September 17, 2009
- Accepted October 22, 2009
- First published December 16, 2009.
- Version of record published December 16, 2009.
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- 1Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada, and
- 2Department of Occupational Therapy, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282
- Correspondence should be addressed to Daniel Goldreich, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada. goldrd{at}mcmaster.ca
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- Received July 29, 2009.
- Revision received September 17, 2009.
- Accepted October 22, 2009.
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This research was supported by grants to D.G. from the National Eye Institute (US) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada). We thank Caitlin Hurd and John McIntyre for the finger area and sweat pore measurements, and Raagula Sivayoganathan for help with experiments. We thank Deda Gillespie for assistance with equipment design and construction, and for many fruitful conversations. We thank www.myctrring.com for permission to use the hand drawing in Figure 1a.
- Correspondence should be addressed to Daniel Goldreich, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada. goldrd{at}mcmaster.ca
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